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Ixia maculata L.

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Ixia maculata L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2), 1664 (1763)
Ixia maculata L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1763
1664
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Ixia maculata L.
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Ixia maculata

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maculata

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Ixia maculata L.

Grass-like, tufted. Corm globose, 1.5- (2.5) cm diam., tunic fibrous-membranous, creamy. Stems to 70 cm high, slender, wiry. Leaves 4-5- (8), narrow-linear, ± ⅔ length of stem, 3-6- (8) mm wide, erect, distinctly fine-veined. Spike short, axis ± flexuous, occasionally branched, with 4-12 close-set flowers; spathe-valves ± 1 cm long, membranous, very light red-brown. Flowers 4-5-(6.5) cm diam., cream to orange-yellow with dark brown to reddish-black circular patch in centre and usually ± reddish on outside, entirely cerise in some large plants often with branched inflorescence; tube (0.5)-1-1.5- (2) cm long, very narrow; lobes 2-2.5 cm long. Capsule 3.5-4 mm long, oblong, greenish.

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Ixia maculata L.
Ixia maculata L.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Ixia maculata L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Ixia maculata L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Ixia maculata L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
31 March 2022
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