Ixia scillaris
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| Agretjie Kalossie | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Ixia |
| Species: | I. scillaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Ixia scillaris L. | |
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Ixia scillaris, the agretjie kalossie,[2] is a perennial cormous flowering plant in the genus Ixia. It is endemic to a small portion of the Fynbos in the Western Cape. [1]
Its range is from Tulbagh and Darling to the Cape Peninsula and Somerset West.[1][3]
Subspecies
There are 3 infraspecific names; 2 subspecies and 1 variety of the species scillaris:[4]
- Ixia scillaris subsp. scillaris
- Ixia scillaris subsp. toximontana Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
- Ixia scillaris var. latifolia Ker Gawl.
