Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-  Plate No. 566

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-COMMON_NAMES- Sickle-leaved Ixia
-GENUS- Ixia
-SPECIES- Ixia falcata
-CLASS- Triandra
-ORDER- Monogynia
-AUTHORITY- Gawler

-MODERN_GENUS- Hesperantha
-MODERN_SPECIES- Hesperantha falcata
-MODERN_FAMILY- Iridaceae

-PLANT_TYPE- perennial
-COLOR- white, cream, or pale to deep yellow
-SEASON- winter - early spring
-NATIVE_REGION- S Africa 
-ZONE- 9

-SOURCE- The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME- 16
-PUB_DATE- 1802
-REISSUED- __
-EDITOR- John Sims
-ARTIST- S. Edwards, Sansum
-NALPCD- Disc 0413 IMG0059.PCD
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