Freesia leichtlinii subsp. leichtlinii x Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Freesia leichtlinii Klatt subsp. leichtlinii x Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba (G.L.Mey.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)

Freesia aff. leichtlinii (taxonomic synonym)
Freesia alba (G.L.Mey.) Gumbl. x Freesia leichtlinii Klatt (taxonomic synonym)
Freesia hybrid (taxonomic synonym)
Freesia leichtlinii Klatt x Freesia refracta (Jacq.) Klatt (taxonomic synonym)
Freesia x hybrida L.H.Bailey (taxonomic synonym)

Misapplied names: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Freesia refracta (Jacq.) Klatt (misapplied)
Freesia refracta var. odorata (Eckl. ex Klatt) Baker (misapplied)
Gladiolus refractus Jacq. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Kubiak_2009 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (22), NSWFRD_2014 (3), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 49 records in 12 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (3) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; Yang_2023]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 175 mm (80-270 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): ensiform (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (4) [sources: NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnyyynn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (3) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.1-0.4 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	16	22	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2014_2	5	5	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kubiak_2009	3	3	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	2	2	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_1	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.