Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Freesia leichtlinii subsp. leichtlinii x Freesia leichtlinii subsp. alba
Common name
Freesia
Family
Iridaceae
Where found
Urban bushland, woodland, grassy areas, roadsides, disturbed sites, footpaths, and gardens. Mainly Sydney area. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb to 0.4 m high; produced annually from an underground 'bulb'. Leaves basal, 8–30 cm long, 5–10 mm wide, erect, linear, sword-shaped. Flowering stem wiry, hairless, bent horizontally just below the flowers, the flowers themselves erect, and on one side of the stem. Flowers sweetly-scented, white to cream with yellow markings, or yellow or pinkish to red, often shaded purple on the outside of the tube. Flowers 30-55 mm long, tubular, with 6 lobes 10–20 mm long. Flower spike 3–9-flowered. Flowers Aug.-Oct.
Freesia hybrid in PlantNET.
PlantNET description (as Freesia hybrid): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Freesia~hybrid (accessed 20 April 2021)
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