Ixia confusa is a perennial flowering plant and geophyte belonging to the genus Ixia, and is a component of the vygieveld biome. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Groot-Swartberg and Outeniqua Mountains and southwards across the Overberg to the southern Cape coast.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Confused Kalossie 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
- Ixia micrandra
- Ixia stricta
- Ixia flexuosa
- Geissorhiza purpurascens
- Ixia latifolia
- Geissorhiza heterostyla
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Ixia
- Species
- Ixia confusa
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