3 Freesia verrucosa Seeds - Indigenous South African Endemic Perennial Bulb Seeds from Africa

Freesia speciosa Seeds

South African Endemic Perennial Flower

Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described as a genus in 1866 by Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1886) and named after the German botanist and medical practitioner, Friedrich Freese (1795-1876). It is native to the eastern side of southern Africa, from Kenya south to South Africa, most species being found in Cape Provinces. Species of the former genus Anomatheca are now included in Freesia. Freesia verrucosa is a South African endemic species from the Eastern Cape and Western Cape Provinces where it can be found from Ladismith to Willowmore, Langkloof and Kareedouw. It was previously known as Anomatheca verrucosa and Freesia juncea. Plants occur in small colonies along roadsides or in stony washes. Growing from 8 to 20 cm high, this species has 7 to 10 suberect blunt leaves about one third as long as the stem with slightly undulated margins and a thickened midrib. Bracts are short (4 to 5.5 mm) and flowers are bright pink with either the base of lower three tepals or the medial tepal with a whitish or pale yellowish blotch outlined with dark pink. Flowering occurs in spring.