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Ixia gloriosa
Blue Eye Kalossie is a South African bulb-like geophyte (cormous perennial) from the Iris family, native to a small area of the Western Cape. It is grown as a rockery or bulb-garden plant and needs a dry summer rest and full sun in winter and spring.
Ixia gloriosa is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Ixia and is part of the fynbos and renosterveld. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from Montagu to Barrydale. The plant has an area of occurrence of 11 km². The species' habitat is threatened by crop cultivation: vineyards and orchards.
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 gloriosa 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.
