familyIridaceae
genusSparaxis
speciesSparaxis tricolor

Sparaxis tricolor

(Schneevoogt) Ker Gawler

Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 225. 1804.

Peter Goldblatt
Common names: Harlequin flower
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Ixia tricolor Schneevoogt Icon. Pl. Rar., plate 39. 1794
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 405. Mentioned on page 403.
Please click on the illustration for a higher resolution version.
Illustrator: Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey

Copyright: Flora of North America Association

Plants 10–40 cm. Corms tunicate; tunic with fine, whitish fibers. Leaves several, ± reaching base of spike. Spikes: spathes pale-brown with darker brown streaks, subequal, dry, crinkled, outer with entire or lightly lacerate margins, inner forked apically. Tepals bright orange, yellow in center, with heart-shaped yellow mark in proximal 1/3, outlined distally with dark reddish-brown band, lanceolate, subequal, 25–33 mm; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, ca. 8 mm; stamens symmetrical; filaments contiguous, 6–7 mm; anthers yellow, linear, 8–9 mm; style slender, branching opposite anthers; branches 1–2 mm, expanded apically.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–Apr.
Habitat: Near gardens, dump sites, abandoned dwellings
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

Introduced; Calif., s Africa (winter-rainfall region)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther architecture
branching +
Anther arrangement
opposite +
Anther arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Anther coloration
yellow +
Anther course
straight +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscing +  and latrorse +
Anther dehiscence or orientation
extrorse +
Anther some measurement
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Apex shape
spatulate +
Author
Peter Goldblatt +
Authority
(Schneevoogt) Ker Gawler +
Band coloration
dark reddish-brown +
Basionyms
Ixia tricolor +
Blade architecture
parallel-veined +
Blade shape
ensiform +  and oblong +
Bract coloration
streaked with dark-brown +, pale +  and light-brown +
Bract condition or texture
dry +
Bract size
unequal +
Branch architecture
petaloid +
Branch height or length or size
short +
Branch quantity
3 +
Branch shape
flattened +, divided +  and filiform +
Branch size
expanded +
Branch size or width
thickened +
Branch some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Branch structure in adjective form
stigmatic +
Capsule pubescence or texture
cartilaginous +
Capsule shape
globose +  and oblong +
Common name
Harlequin flower +
Corm architecture
tunicate +
Cyme arrangement
monochasial +
Distribution
Calif. +  and s Africa (winter-rainfall region) +
Elevation
0–100 m +
Embryo size
small +
Endosperm texture
hard +
Fiber coloration
whitish +
Fiber width
fine +
Filament arrangement
contiguous +
Filament fragility
weak +
Filament fusion
distinct or;partly completely connate +
Filament some measurement
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Floral bract quantity
1 +
Flower architecture
actinomorphic +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower arrangement
monochasial +
Flower odor
odorless +
Flowering-stem architecture
winged +, branched +  and simple +
Flowering-stem location
aerial +
Flowering-stem shape
angled +, compressed +  and terete +
Fruit architecture
capsular +
Fruit dehiscence
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
Fruit texture
woody;firm;cartilaginous +
Habitat
Near gardens, dump sites, abandoned dwellings +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
2-5-flowered +, secund +  and spicate +
Inflorescence arrangement or course
spiral +
Inner apex shape
2-furcate +  and 2-cuspidate +
Inner margin shape
forked +
Introduced
true +
Leaf arrangement
distichous +
Leaf growth form or orientation
prostrate +
Leaf position
cauline +  and basal +
Leaf quantity
Several (?) +
Margin shape
lacerate +  and entire +
Mark coloration
yellow +
Mark shape
heart--shaped +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Opposed bract quantity
2 +
Opposed quantity
2 +
Other architecture
unifacial +
Other orientation
oriented +
Outer apex shape
3-cuspidate +  and acute +
Outer apex texture
scarious +
Outer whorl size
slightly larger +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
3-locular +
Ovary placentation
axile +
Ovary position
inferior +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Ovule quantity
2;few +
Perianth-tube distance
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (?) +
Perianth-tube shape
funnel--shaped +
Perianth architecture
petaloid +, zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Phenology
Flowering Mar–Apr. +
Pollen-sac quantity
2 +
Proximal leaf position relational
not reaching +
Proximal leaf quantity
2;3 +
Proximal leaf texture
membranous +
Publication title
Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) +
Publication year
1804 +
Reference
None +
Rhipidium architecture
leafy +
Rhipidium size
large +
Seed-coat coloration
light;dark-brown +
Seed-coat condition or texture
dry +
Seed-coat reflectance
shiny +
Seed-coat texture
hard +
Seed architecture
winged +
Seed architecture or shape
discoid +
Seed quantity
8 +  and 15 +
Seed shape
globose +
Sheath architecture
open +
Sheath condition
closed +
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Spathe coloration
pale-brown +
Spathe condition or texture
dry +
Spathe position
outer +
Spathe shape
crinkled +
Spathe size
subequal +
Special status
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
Spike arrangement
monochasial +
Stamen architecture or orientation or position
unilateral +
Stamen architecture or shape
symmetrical +
Stamen arrangement
arranged +
Stem architecture
branched +  and simple +
Stigma position
abaxial +
Streak coloration
darker brown +
Style architecture
3-branched +
Style quantity
single +
Style shape
3-lobed +  and filiform +
Style size
slender +
Synonyms
Streptanthera +  and Synnotia +
Taxon family
Iridaceae +
Taxon name
Sparaxis tricolor +
Taxon parent
Sparaxis +
Taxon rank
species +
Tepal coloration
yellow +  and bright orange +
Tepal fusion
connate +
Tepal orientation
spreading +
Tepal prominence
showy +
Tepal quantity
3 +
Tepal shape
lanceolate +
Tepal size
subequal +
Tepal some measurement
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
Tepal stamen architecture or orientation or position
unilateral +
Tepal stamen arrangement
arranged +
Tepal stamen atypical quantity
2 +
Tepal stamen course or shape
arcuate +
Tepal stamen quantity
3 +
Volume
Volume 26 +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +
Whole organism some measurement
10cm (40cm) +
Whorl quantity
2 +
Whorl size
unequal +
Whorl variability
equal +
X chromosome quantity
10 +