Flora of North America species comparison

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Sparaxis tricolor

harlequin flower, wandflower
Habit Plants 10–40 cm.
Leaves

several, ± reaching base of spike.
Spikes

spathes pale brown with darker brown streaks, subequal, dry, crinkled, outer with entire or lightly lacerate margins, inner forked apically.
Corms

tunicate;

tunic with fine, whitish fibers.
Tepals

bright orange, yellow in center, with heart-shaped yellow mark in proximal 1/3, outlined distally with dark reddish brown band, lanceolate, subequal, 25–33 mm;

perianth tube funnel-shaped, ca. 8 mm;

stamens symmetrical;

filaments contiguous, 6–7 mm;

anthers yellow, linear, 8–9 mm;

style slender, branching opposite anthers;

branches 1–2 mm, expanded apically.

Sparaxis tricolor
Phenology Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat Near gardens, dump sites, abandoned dwellings
Elevation 0–100 m (0–300 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; s Africa (winter-rainfall region) [Introduced in North America]
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Source FNA vol. 26, p. 405.
Parent taxa Iridaceae > Sparaxis
Synonyms Ixia tricolor
Name authority (Schneevoogt) Ker Gawler: Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 225. (1804)
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