Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. grandiflora Jacq.

Subspecies

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Characteristics

Plants mostly 150-200 mm high. Leaves lanceolate, acute to acuminate, up to 10 mm wide, lower sometimes falcate. Flowers deep red-purple but white in throat and tube (rarely whitish, sometimes flushed or speckled purple inside and outside); tepals spathulate, obtuse, 25-30 x 8-18(-25) mm, spreading ± horizontally when fully open. Stamens: anthers 10-12 mm long. Style branches ± 7 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) - 0.1
Mature height (meter) 0.13 - 0.35
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 1-2
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 12-12

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 12
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. grandiflora unspecified picture

Distribution

Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. grandiflora world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168748-1
WFO ID wfo-0000790737
COL ID 5L8FT
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ixia lacera Sparaxis meleagris Belamcanda aristata Belamcanda semiflexuosa Ixia holosericea Ixia uniflora Sparaxis stellaris Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. grandiflora