{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox | image = Curtis's botanical magazine (No. 522) (8413253317).jpg | genus = Ixia | species = patens | authority = Aiton | synonyms = * ''Gladiolus pyramidalis'' <small>Burm.f.</small> * ''Ixia angusta'' <small>L.Bolus</small> * ''Ixia aristata'' <small>Schneev.</small> * ''Ixia densiflora'' <small>Klatt</small> * ''Ixia dispar'' <small>N.E.Br.</small> * ''Ixia filiformis'' <small>Vent.</small> * ''Ixia flaccida'' <small>Salisb.</small> * ''Ixia pallens'' <small>Steud.</small> * ''Ixia patens var. kermesina'' <small>Regel</small> * ''Ixia patens var. linearifolia'' <small>G.J.Lewis</small> * ''Ixia punicea'' <small>Eckl.</small> * ''Ixia punicea'' <small>Spreng.</small> * ''Ixia sprengeliana'' <small>Schult.</small> }}
'''''Ixia patens''''' is a perennial plant belonging to the genus ''Ixia'' and is part of the renosterveld.<ref>http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1547-4008 REDLIST Sanbi</ref> The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs in a small area between Villiersdorp and Worcester. The plant is threatened by crop cultivation.<ref>http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:439519-1 Plants of the World Online</ref>
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Category:Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Category:Renosterveld patens Category:Plants described in 1789 Category:Taxa named by William Aiton
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