Species Ixia odorata
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Ixia:
Ancient Gk. Ixia = a Linnaeus-derived name for a plant noted for the variability of its flower colour or Gk. ixos = mistletoe (viscum), birdlime; referring to the viscous sap (WPU Jackson).
Etymology of odorata:
From the Latin odoratus = ‘sweet-smelling / fragrant’
Scientific name:
Ixia odorata Ker Gawl.
Common names:
Soetkalossie
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Unknown
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Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 20--50 cm. Leaves linear to lanceolate, often coiled above. Flowers small, in dense spikes, pale yellow, fragrant, tube funnel-shaped. Sept.--Nov. Sandstone and granite slopes, NW, SW (Citrusdal to Hermanus).
Observations of Taxon
Ixia odorata var. hesperanthoides
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Ixia odorata
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Ixia odorata var. odorata
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/12/2016 - 11:47am
Collection:
Ixia odorata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Barbara Jeppe (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Ixia odorata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Maarten Groos (David)
Date observed:
19/10/2008 - 6:00pm
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