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Freesia speciosa
Also called Showy Kammetjie
Showy Freesia is a rare tuberous perennial from the Little Karoo in the Western Cape, South Africa, with a very small wild population. Like other freesias it grows from a corm and needs a dry summer rest, so it is rarely cultivated.
Freesia speciosa is a perennial, geophyte endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Anysberg to Calitzdorp. The species has a range of 900 km2 and the total population is estimated at less than 10 000 plants. The population is fragmented due to agricultural activities and overgrazing. The threat still exists.
Freesia alba · Karoo Kammetjie · Fragrant Freesia · Riversdale Freesia · False freesia · Renoster Kammetjie · Green Kammetjie · Freesias
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Freesia speciosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
