Ixia abbreviata

Var. abbreviata, considered Near Threatened, occurs from Piketberg to Paarl on clay and gravel slopes and flats in renosterbos whereas Var. ovata, considered, Endangered, occurs from Piketberg to Porterville on sandy, usually damp, flats.

Ixia acaulis

Distribution is limited to the farm Rooiberg on the Knersvlakte, near Vanrhynsdorp, Western Cape, South Africa, where it occurs in rock cracks on limestone ridges. Unusual for Ixia in having a short, subterranean stem with single, terminal flowers and a subterranean ovary.

Ixia alata

Roggeveld Escarpment south of Calvinia, Northern Cape, South Africa, in deep clay and sandy soils among rocky outcrops on gentle slopes

Ixia amethystina

Occurs near Middelpos on the Roggeveld Escarpment, Northern Cape, South Africa.

Ixia atrandra

Occurs from Villiersdorp to Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa, in renosterveld on clay soils.

Ixia aurea

Occurs in a few isolated populations from Piketberg to Citrusdal and Darling, Western Cape, South Africa. Known from Granite Fynbos above the Darling to Yzerfontein road.

Ixia bellendenii

Known only from Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa, where it is found in fynbos on lower and middle slopes facing north, among rocks in loamy sand.

Ixia brevituba

Distribution is limited to near the escarpment on the Roggeveld plateau, south and southwest of Sutherland, Northern Cape, South Africa. Occurs on wet clay flats along water courses.

Ixia brunneobractea

Occurs near Nieuwoudtville in the Northern Cape, South Africa, in marshy places close to the edge of the escarpment (600-900 m elevation). Prefers deep sandy soils.

Ixia calendulacea

Broadly distributed on the West Coast coastal plain, from the Groenrivier Mouth in the Northern Cape to Langebaan in the Western Cape, South Africa, and occurring inland to Porterville and the Olifants River Valley. Also recorded from a small population on the Cape Flats, near Cape Town.

Ixia campanulata

Occurs on sandy flats and at the foot of mountains in the Tulbagh, Paarl and Worcester districts of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Ixia capillaris

Widespread in the southwestern region of the Western Cape, South Africa: from Clanwilliam to Cape Town, Ceres, Worcester, Ladismith, Laingsburg and Riversdale. Has a broad habitat range that includes flats, hills and mountain slopes, in sandy or clay soils.

Ixia cedarmontana

Distribution includes the Cederberg, Koue Bokkeveld and Groot Winterhoek mountains, Western Cape, South Africa, where it occurs on moist sandstone flats, and in seeps and seasonal marshes.

Ixia cochlearis

Occurs or occurred on the slopes of the Jonkershoek and Banhoek Mountains near Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, but has not been recorded since 1946.

Ixia collina

Distribution is limited to the Breede River valley south of Worcester, where it occurs on moist, south-facing clay slopes of hills with karoo vegetation.

Ixia contorta

Ixia curta

Occurs on sandy flats and hill slopes in the Darling, Malmesbury, Hopefield and Saldanha districts, Western Cape, South Africa.

Ixia curvata

Occurs on the Calvinia and Great Roggeveld plateau.

Ixia dieramoides

Ixia divaricata

Ranges from the south-western Cederberg east of Citrusdal, through the Koue Bokkeveld to the Hex River Mountains. Occurs on seasonally wet, stony sandstone flats.

Ixia dolichosiphon

Known only from fynbos on the lower stony southern slopes of the Keeromsberg in the Hex River Valley, Western Cape, South Africa.

Ixia dubia

Distributed from Piketberg to the Cape Peninsula, to Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa. Occurs in fynbos on sandy flats and mountain slopes.

Ixia ecklonii

Only recorded once, in the early 19th Century. No locality was given but it is considered to have been collected from the Olifants River Valley, near Citrusdal, Western Cape, South Africa. Possibly extinct.

Ixia erubescens

Distribution extends from Piketberg and Tulbagh to Worcester, Paarl, Stellenbosch, and to Caledon, Western Cape, South Africa (de Vos, 1999a). Occurs on stony or clay flats and hill slopes.

Ixia esterhuyseniae

Occurs in a small area of fynbos on the Jonkershoek and Hottentot Holland Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa, at an elevation of 900-1200 m (de Vos, 1999a). Grows in seeps and along drainage lines

Ixia exiliflora

Ixia flexuosa

Distribution extends from the Cape Peninsula to Riversdale in the Western Cape, South Africa. It has a broad habitat tollerance, being found on flats, hills and mountain slopes, in clay or sandy soils

Ixia fucata

Ixia gloriosa

Ixia lacerata

Ixia latifolia

Ixia leipoldtii

Ixia longituba

Ixia maculata

Ixia marginifolia

Ixia metelerkampiae

Ixia micrandra

Ixia monadelpha

Ixia mostertii

Ixia namaquana

Ixia odorata

Ixia orientalis

Ixia oxalidiflora

Ixia paniculata

Ixia patens

Ixia pauciflora

Ixia paucifolia

Ixia polystachya

Ixia pumilio

Ixia purpureorosea

Ixia rapunculoides

Ixia reclinata

Ixia rivulicola

Ixia robusta

Ixia rouxii

Ixia scillaris

Ixia sobolifera

Ixia splendida

Ixia stohriae

Ixia stolonifera

Ixia stricta

Ixia superba

Recorded from a small area at the foot of the Langeberg in the Little Karoo, east of Montagu, Western Cape, South Africa; growing in loamy, sandstone to light clay soils at the interface between Table Mountain Sandstone and Bokkeveld shales.

Ixia tenuifolia

Ixia thomasiae

Ixia trifolia

Ixia trinervata

Ixia vanzijliae

Ixia versicolor

Ixia vinacea

Ixia viridiflora