Species Ixia polystachya
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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 polystachya:
From the Greek ‘poly’ / ‘poly’ meaning ‘many’; and the Greek ‘stachya’ / ‘stachys’ meaning ‘spike’.
Scientific name:
Ixia polystachya L.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 40--80 cm, corms with stolons. Leaves linear to sword-shaped. Flowers in dense spikes, white to pink or mauve, often with darker centre, sometimes yellow, tube filiform, rarely lightly fragrant. Oct.--Dec. Granitic and sandstone slopes and flats, NW, SW (Cedarberg to Caledon).
Observations of Taxon
Ixia polystachya var. polystachya
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/12/2016 - 11:48am
Collection:
Ixia polystachya
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Ixia polystachya
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
24/10/2008 - 4:30pm
Collection:
Ixia polystachya
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
04/12/2006 - 4:20pm
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