Common names: coast white freesia, white freesia, wild freesia (Eng.); ruikpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae
... Botanical Garden August 2004 Updated April 2015 Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba is a geophyte, i.e. a plant ... the base, and covered with tunics of finely netted fibres. Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba is deciduous; growing in ... warty capsule of hard, rounded, shiny seeds. The corms of Freesia leichtlinii are usually deeply buried, and it is the ...
| Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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