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Confused Kalossie

Ixia confusa

Confused Kalossie
Photo: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. & SSW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Ixia confusa is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Ixia, and is a component of the vygieveld biome. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Groot-Swartberg and Outeniqua Mountains and southwards across the Overberg to the southern Cape coast.

Other Ixia plants

Swartland Kalossie · Ixia acaulis · Ixia atrandra · Gold Kalossie · Ixia brunneobractea · Belllflower African cornlily · Capillary Kalossie · Ixia curta · Roggeveld Kalossie · Yellow Kalossie · Swaying Kalossie · Ixia fucata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ixia confusa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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