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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|genus=Freesia
| name = ''Freesia laxa''
|species=laxa
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
|common_name=False Freesia, Scarlet Freesia
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|habit=bulbous
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
|lifespan=perennial
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
|exposure=sun
| familia = [[Iridaceae]]
|water=moderate, dry
| genus = ''[[Freesia]]''
|features=flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, houseplant
| species = '''''F. laxa'''''
|flowers=red, pink, spotted
| binomial = ''Freesia laxa''
|Temp Metric=°F
| binomial_authority = ([[Thunb.]]) [[Goldblatt]] & [[J.C.Manning]]
|min_zone=8
|max_zone=11.5
|sunset_zones=8, 9, 12-24 (west only)
|image=Anomatheca laxa01.JPG
|image_width=200
}}
}}
'''''Freesia laxa''''' or False Freesia ([[Synonymy|syn.]] ''Anomatheca cruenta'', ''Anomatheca laxa'', ''Lapeirousia cruenta'', ''Lapeirousia laxa'') is an [[ornamental plant]] native to [[South Africa]] and [[Mozambique]]. Forms clumps of grass-like leaves. [[Flower]]s are usually pink to purple-red, or less frequently white or pale blue. [[Self sows]].
==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
Seed, division
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
'Joan Evans' variety is only 6 inches (15cm) tall, and has pale-centered pink flowers.
'Joan Evans' variety is only 6 inches (15cm) tall, and has pale-centered pink flowers.
==References==
==Gallery==
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
* {{cite book | author=[[Alfred Pink|Pink, A.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892 Gardening for the Million.] | year=[[2004]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
* {{cite book | author=[[Alfred Pink|Pink, A.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892 Gardening for the Million.] | year=[[2004]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://nature.jardin.free.fr/bulbe/ft_freesia_laxa.html ''Freesia laxa'']
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