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Ixia odorata

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Iridaceae > Genus: Ixia

Ixia odorata

Ixia odorata var. hesperanthoides flowering in summer in recently burnt veld in the vlei south-east of the Franschhoek Pass in the Boland mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]