Ixia maculata

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'''''Ixia maculata''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae known by the common name '''spotted African corn lily'''. It is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa,<ref name="WCSP_322813">{{citation |title=''Ixia maculata''|work=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=322813 |access-date=2015-08-11}}</ref> but it is grown widely as an ornamental plant. It can also be found growing wild as an introduced species in several areas, including Western Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1532 |title=FloraBase: Flora of Western Australia |access-date=2009-07-23 |archive-date=2011-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408111955/http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1532 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This perennial flower grows 20 to 70 centimeters tall with an erect, unbranched stem. There are a few twisting basal leaves up to 35 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a dense, showy spike of up to 12 flowers, usually orange to yellow in color, sometimes with areas of purple or red and often with spots; the coloration in garden plants varies due to breeding.

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==External links== {{Commons category|Ixia maculata}} *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8185,8216,8217 Jepson Manual Treatment] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=IXMA USDA Plants Profile] *{{GRIN}} *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ixia+maculata Photo gallery]

maculata Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Garden plants