Ixia versicolor

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Family: Iridaceae (Iris)

Distribution: Stellenbosch to Gordon's Bay

Habitat: Seasonally wet clay flats of Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos, Cape Winelands Shale Fynbos

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

National red list: Critically Endangered

Life form: Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber - seasonally dormant)

Comments: The beautful Ixia versicolor is an extreme local endemic, known only from highly urbanised Somerset West and Gordon's Bay in Critically Endangered Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos. Remaining subpopulations are threatened by ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation due to urban and industrial development, replacement by alien invasive plants, and inappropriate fire management and mowing of small habitat fragments.

Links: iNaturalist.org • Red List of South African Plants

1: Bulb collection (BULB) • Accession: 2019-419 (2)‎ • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
2: Bulb collection (BULB) • Accession: 2019-49 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
3: Bulb collection (BULB) • Accession: 2020-359 (2)‎ • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
4: Curator's office (prep) (Curator's office) • Accession: 2020-359 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
5: Seed Store Fridge 1 (SS fridge1) • Accession: 2019-419/4 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
6: Seed Store Fridge 1 (SS fridge1) • Accession: 2020-359/7 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild

Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

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Ixia versicolor

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