| Author: | Carl
Linnaeus, 1762 |
| Family: |
IRIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Cape
Province; South Africa |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium -
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
2,5 Centimetres |
| Height: |
30-100 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White -
Pink - Purple - Blue |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/
Bulbs |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Ixia
elegans, N.E.Br.
Ixia erecta, P.J.Bergius.
Ixia hybrida, Ker Gawl.
Ixia polystachya var. crassifolia, G.J.Lewis.
Ixia serotina, Salisb.
Watsonia campanulata, Klatt.
Wuerthia elegans, Regel. |
This member of the Iridaceae family was
given this name by Carl Linnaeus in 1762. It is
found in the Cape Province in South Africa, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The bulb will
grow to two and a half centimetre, the leaves reach 30 to 100
centimetres high. The flowers are either white, pink, purple or
bluish, and might have a darker centre.
It will flower in the early
spring.
The genera name means 'sticky'
for
the sap. The species name means 'many spikes'. |
