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{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
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|genus=Freesia
| name = ''Freesia laxa''
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|species=laxa
| common_names = False Freesia, Scarlet Freesia
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|common_name=False Freesia, Scarlet Freesia
| growth_habit = Bulbous
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|habit=bulbous
| lifespan = Perennial
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|lifespan=perennial
| exposure = Full sun, indoors
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|exposure=sun
| features = flowers, fragrance, self-sows
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|water=moderate, dry
| hardiness = frost-tender
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|features=flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, houseplant
| usda_zones = 8-11
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|flowers=pink, spotted
| sunset_zones = 8, 9, 12-24 (west only)
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|Temp Metric=°F
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
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|min_zone=8
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|max_zone=11.5
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
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|sunset_zones=8, 9, 12-24 (west only)
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
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|image=Anomatheca laxa01.JPG
| familia = [[Iridaceae]]
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|image_width=200
| genus = ''[[Freesia]]''
 
| species = '''''F. laxa'''''
 
| binomial = ''Freesia laxa''
 
| binomial_authority = ([[Thunb.]]) [[Goldblatt]] & [[J.C.Manning]] 
 
 
}}
 
}}
 
 
'''''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]].
 
'''''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]].
  
 
'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.
  
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==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  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- 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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[[Category:Asparagales]]
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Revision as of 14:59, 9 May 2011


Anomatheca laxa01.JPG


Plant Characteristics
Habit   bulbous

Lifespan: perennial
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Water: moderate, dry
Features: flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, houseplant
USDA Zones: 8 to 11.5
Sunset Zones: 8, 9, 12-24 (west only)
Flower features: pink, spotted
Scientific Names

Freesia >

laxa >


Freesia laxa or False Freesia (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. Flowers are usually pink to purple-red, or less frequently white or pale blue. Self sows.

'Joan Evans' variety is only 6 inches (15cm) tall, and has pale-centered pink flowers.

Cultivation

Propagation

Seed, division

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

References

External links