# Ixia maculata

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Ixia maculata (10059128906).jpg
|genus = Ixia
|species = maculata
|authority = [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)
}}

'''''Ixia maculata''''' is a species of flowering plant in the family [Iridaceae](/source/Iridaceae) known by the common name '''spotted African corn lily'''. It is native to the [Cape Provinces](/source/Cape_Provinces) of [South Africa](/source/South_Africa),<ref name="WCSP_322813">{{citation |title=''Ixia maculata''|work=[World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_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](/source/ornamental_plant). It can also be found growing wild as an [introduced species](/source/introduced_species) in several areas, including [Western Australia](/source/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](/source/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.

==References==
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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]
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*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Ixia+maculata Photo gallery]

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

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