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Freesia grandiflora

Freesia grandiflora
Common names: forest freesia, forest kammetjie (Eng.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Joseph Heymans and Fayne Connelly for providing images of Freesia grandiflora (via iNaturalist). Johan Wentzel and Leoné Williams for information on cultivation. Freesia grandiflora is a deciduous (sheds leaves annually) ... the flower is more or less equal in length to the tepals. Freesia grandiflora flowers mainly in summer, between October ...

26 / 10 / 2020 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba

Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba
Common names: white freesia, wild freesia (Eng.); ruikpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden August 2004 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 ... is a lightly warty capsule of hard, rounded, shiny seeds. Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba is found growing in sandy or ...

30 / 08 / 2004 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Freesia laxa subsp. azurea

Freesia laxa subsp. azurea
Common names: small blue freesia, blue flowering grass (Eng.) Natal bloupypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... and Ndileka Jaxa for providing access to the journals. Freesia laxa subsp. azurea is a deciduous cormous geophyte ... when fresh, darkening to reddish brown when matured. Freesia laxa subsp. azurea is closely related to Freesia laxa subsp. laxa, the two can be easily distinguished ...

| Sibahle Gumede | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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