# Ixia orientalis

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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| genus = Ixia
| species = orientalis
| authority = [L.Bolus](/source/Louisa_Bolus)
| synonyms =* ''Ixia scariosa'' var. ''longifolia'' <small>Baker</small>
* ''Tritonia schlechteri'' <small>Baker</small>
}}

'''''Ixia orientalis''''' is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus ''[Ixia](/source/Ixia)'' and is part of the [fynbos](/source/fynbos).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Threatened Species Programme {{!}} SANBI Red List of South African Plants |url=https://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1547-44 |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=SANBI}}</ref> The species is endemic to the [Eastern Cape](/source/Eastern_Cape) and [Western Cape](/source/Western_Cape) and occurs from [Caledon](/source/Caledon%2C_South_Africa) to [Bathurst](/source/Bathurst%2C_South_Africa) and the [Amathole Mountains](/source/Amathole_Mountains). This species is the most common and widespread species in the genus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ixia orientalis L.Bolus {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439508-1 |access-date=2026-02-21 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}</ref>

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Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces
Category:Plants described in 1929
Category:Taxa named by Louisa Bolus

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