Ixia flexuosa

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Ixia flexuosa L.

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ixia columellaris Ker Gawl. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (12), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 21 traits from 40 records in 7 datasets.

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

flower morphology

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

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 200 mm (100-300 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; 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_lamina_posture (categorical): convolute (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyy (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.42 m (0.3-0.55 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	14	17	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/.
ABRS_2023	9	12	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.