Ixia rapunculoides, the blue kalossie, is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Ixia and is part of the fynbos and the Succulent Karoo. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape and occurs in the western Karoo, from Loeriesfontein to Sutherland.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Blue Corn-lily being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Ixia
- Species
- Ixia rapunculoides
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