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Ixia fucata

Ixia fucata is a small perennial bulb (geophyte) from the fynbos of the southwestern Cape, South Africa, grown for its cup-shaped flowers. Give it full sun, sharp drainage and a dry rest after flowering, like other South African corms.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water during the winter and spring growing season, then keep dry while the corm rests in summer.
Soil
Sandy, gritty, well-drained soil or a bulb mix with added grit.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates light frost, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Ixia fucata is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Ixia and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from the Hex River and the Keeromsberg to the western Langeberg.

Other Ixia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ixia fucata 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.

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