Ixia scillaris subsp. scillaris L.F.

Plants mostly 150-350 mm high, stem usually branched, sometimes with up to 6 branches. Corm mostly 12-14 mm diam. Leaves (4-)5-7, lanceolate to sword-shaped or subfalcate, margins sometimes undulate, 5-8 mm wide, upper leaves progressively smaller than lower. Spike mostly 10-15-flowered, flowers mostly 6-12 mm apart; bracts 3.5-4.8 mm long. Flowers pale to deep pink, darker at base of tepals, not pale in throat, perianth tube 2.5-4.0 mm long, tepals subequal, upper 5 tepals overlapping and evenly disposed with lower laterals extended horizontally, lowermost held apart, directed forward above base and then downward, 8-10 x 4-5 mm, inner narrower than outer. Filaments 1.5-2.0 mm long, anthers mostly 2-3 mm long. Flowering time: mainly mid-Sept.-late Oct. (rarely in late Aug.).

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.