5 Ixia pavonia Seeds - Indigenous South African Endemic Perennial Bulb Seeds From Africa

Ixia pavonia Seeds

South African Endemic Perennial Bulb

The genus Ixia consists of a number of cormous plants native to South Africa from the Iridaceae family and Ixioideae subfamily. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include: sword-like leaves, and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers well-drained soil. They have a specific but not very intense fragrance of vegetables. That is why it is often visited by many insects such as bees. Ixia pavonia is a South African endemic species from the Northern Cape Province where it can be found growing on the Roggeveld Escarpment. It grows to 50cm tall with four narrow leaves. During spring it bears large blue-mauve to pink flowers.