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Freesia laxa
Family Name Iridaceae
Currently Accepted Name Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Mar 2005
Determination History
Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N. E. Br.
Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1990
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Dead end of Spencer Road on NW side of Lake Alice.
Description Red flower.
Habitat Cypress [Taxodium] head.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector K. Holland
Collection Date 17 Apr 1990
Accession Number 201605
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Freesia laxa
Family Name Iridaceae
Currently Accepted Name Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Mar 2005
Determination History
Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N. E. Br. - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1981
Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1990
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : Chinsegut Hill.
Description Garden escape; six sepals vivid red 5R5/13 by Nickerson color fan, 3 lower strong red 5R4/12; sepals irregular in size and breadth.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector G. R. Cooley
with R.J. Eaton
Collection Date 31 Mar 1958
Accession Number 6426
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Freesia laxa
Family Name Iridaceae
Currently Accepted Name Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Hillsborough River State Park. S side of park entrance road. T27S, R21E, Sec. 17. 27° 55' 0" N 82° 20' 60" W
Habitat Ruderal.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. vanHoek
with G. Parsons
Collection Date 29 Feb 2008
Accession Number 248315
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Freesia laxa
Family Name Iridaceae
Currently Accepted Name Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
Determination History
Lapeirousia cruenta (Lindl.) Baker
Locality USA. California , San Francisco Co. : 1195 Stanyan Street, San Francisco. 37° 45' 38" N 122° 23' 8" W
Description Perennial; growing from corms; leaves slender; flowers coral-red; tending to naturalize itself.
Habitat Residential planting.
Reproductive State Fertile Flower
Collector E. McClintock
Collection Date 11 Jul 1969
Accession Number 102745
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Freesia laxa
Family Name Iridaceae
Currently Accepted Name Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning - Determined By: A. Farid, 12-Nov-2015
Determination History
Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N. E. Br.
Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Description Inflorescences wiry, erect to 3 dm; flowers deep coral red, the three tepals on one side spashed with purple black in throat, hardy.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. Burch 6580
Collection Date 01 May 1973
Accession Number 104713
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Freesia laxa
Family Name Iridaceae
Currently Accepted Name Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning - Determined By: A. Farid, 12-Nov-2015
Determination History
Lapeirousia laxa (Thunb.) N. E. Br.
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : Brooksville. Cultivated and spreading in lawn E of house; Chinsegut Hill, ca. 5 mi. NE of Brooksville. 28° 33' 19" N 82° 23' 16" W
Description Perianth slightly zygomorphic, the 3 stamens in an arc, extrorse toward 3 lower tepals; styles 3, biturcate; tepals vivid red, 3 upper with white lines at base, 3 lower (sepal and 2 petals) with 'dark red' (5R3/7) blotch and whtie line; tube 'brilliant yellow green' (2.5GY9/8) (Nickerson color fan).
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. E. Wood
with K.A. Wilson, G.R. Cooley
Collection Date 27 Apr 1958
Accession Number 1623
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Freesia laxa
Family Name Iridaceae
Currently Accepted Name Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning - Determined By: A. Farid, 12 Nov 2015
Determination History
Lapeirousia sp.
Anomatheca laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1992
Locality USA. Florida , Sarasota Co. : 904 Virginia Drive, 2 mi. N of downtown Sarasota. 27° 19' 36" N 82° 44' 36" W
Description Uncommon; flowers pink with blood-red markings at base of lower tepals.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. W. Ingram 1401
Collection Date 26 Mar 1992
Accession Number 204588
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Freesia laxa
Family Name Iridaceae
Currently Accepted Name Freesia laxa (Thunb.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
Locality USA. Florida , Hernando Co. : Chinsegut Hill, 1.2 km W of US 41, 5.2 km S of the Citrus County line; N slope of hammock. 28° 37' 13" N 82° 21' 54" W
Description Tepals light red.
Habitat Disturbed hammock.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector A. R. Franck 4029
with C. vanHoek, C. Werner
Collection Date 16 Apr 2016
Accession Number 287773
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