Accession Data:
Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Common Name: False Freesia
- Family: Iridaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: W. Kenya to S. Africa
- Description: Summer blooming, cormous herb. Stems slender, cylindrical; basal leaves mostly 6, erect, to 8 inches long; inflorescence 4-10 inches high, a dense 1-sided, spicate raceme, often branched; calyx and corolla of a flower (generally used when the two are similar).">perianth bright red, tube about 1 inch long, segments oblong, half as long, the outer ones usually with a dark red basal spot, anthers red. One of the most hardy species of the genus.
Occasionally listed as Lapeirousia laxa
Accession Data:
- Accession # 199500155
- Source: RHS 1995
- Accession Date: 07-20-1995
- Bench: 2109 - MED:Fynbos A
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-08-2023
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Iridaceae
- SubFamily: Ixioideae
- Tribe: Freesieae
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Rwanda / Zaire / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Malawi / Mozambique / Zambia / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces /
References (external):
- Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.
data regenerated on Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:28:21 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
Images:
Additional images for this accession:
Click on thumbnails to enlargeCurrent Accessions in the Iridaceae
Subfamily Aristeoideae
Subfamily Crocoideae
Subfamily Crocoideae
Tribe Gladioleae
Subfamily Crocoideae
Tribe Ixieae
Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Irideae
Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Sisyrinchieae
Subfamily Iridoideae
Tribe Trimezieae
Subfamily Ixioideae
Tribe Freesieae
- Freesia alba
- Freesia fucata W/C
- Freesia laxa
- Freesia occidentalis
- Freesia refracta W/C
- Freesia unidentified
Subfamily Ixioideae
Tribe Ixieae
Subfamily Ixioideae
Tribe Watsonieae
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days