Ixia ramulosa (G.J.Lewis) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Species

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Characteristics

Plants mostly 150-400(-650) mm high. Corm with tunics of coarse, netted fibres. Stem with 3 to 6(-8) short, slightly twisted branches subtended by minute, scale-like, ± truncate to obtuse bracts and prophylls 1(-2) mm long. Leaves 3, lower 2 sword-shaped to falcate, 4-10 mm wide, margins and main vein moderately to barely thickened, uppermost leaf sheathing lower 1/2-2/3 of stem. Main spike mostly 2-or 3-flowered, branchlets mostly 1-or 2(3)-flowered; bracts mostly 7-8 mm long, often rust-brown in distal half, with short acute teeth, inner bract ± as long or slightly longer than outer. Flowers deep purple, white in throat or mauve, sometimes pink, blue-mauve or white with yellow throat, presence of scent unknown; perianth tube widely funnel-shaped, 7-9(-10) mm long; tepals subequal, ovate, 10-15 x 5-7 mm, spreading at right angles to tube. Filaments 4-6(-8) mm long, exserted 2-4(-6) mm from tube; anthers 4-5 mm long, slightly shorter to slightly longer than filaments. Style dividing between lower and middle 1/3 of anthers, branches ± 1.0-1.8 mm long, apices emerging between anthers.
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Cormous geophyte, 23-75 cm, with several short, wiry branchlets. Leaves 3, lower 2 sword-shaped, upper leaf sheathing. Flowers 1-3 per branch, white to pale blue-mauve with yellow cup (red-purple or mauve with white cup elsewhere), tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 7-10 mm long, filaments exserted 2-4 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.4
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Soil texture 1-4
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Ixia ramulosa world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77121995-1
WFO ID wfo-0001278020
COL ID 3QFR6
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Synonyms

Ixia ramulosa Ixia latifolia var. ramulosa