Freesia laxa
azurea
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Photo: Jenny Stromvoll
Malongane
Photo: Jenny Stromvoll
Malongane
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| Synonyms: |
Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt subsp. azurea Goldblatt & Hutchings |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Similar to Freesia laxa subsp. laxa but differing in the flowers being white to pale blue with violet to indigo markings on the lower tepal and the smaller flowers (upper tepal c. 9 × 4 mm as opposed to c. 12 × 5 mm in subsp. laxa). |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | laxa: open, loose, lax; azurea: sky-blue |
| Habitat: | In coarse sandy soil along the coast, often in shade. |
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| Flowering time: | Jun-Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique and South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) |
| FZ divisions: | GI,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 9 June 2021 |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 69. (Includes a picture). Goldblatt, P. & Manning, J.C. (1995). Phylogeny of the African Genera Anomatheca and Freesia and a new genus Xenoscapa Systematic Botany 20(2) Page 171. Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. (2010). Botany and Horticulture of the Genus Freesia (Iridaceae) Strelitzia 27 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria Pages 29 - 33. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Freesia laxa subsp. azurea:
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Freesia laxaAfrican Plant Database: Freesia laxa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Freesia laxa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Freesia laxa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Freesia laxa
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iNaturalist: Freesia laxa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Freesia laxa
JSTOR Plant Science: Freesia laxa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Freesia laxa
Plants of the World Online: Freesia laxa
Tropicos: Freesia laxa
Wikipedia: Freesia laxa