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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|genus=Freesia
| name = ''Freesia laxa''
|species=laxa
| common_names = False Freesia, Scarlet Freesia
|common_name=False Freesia, Scarlet Freesia
| growth_habit = Bulbous
|habit=bulbous
| lifespan = Perennial
|lifespan=perennial
| exposure = Full sun, indoors
|exposure=sun
| features = flowers, fragrance, self-sows
|water=moderate, dry
| hardiness = frost-tender
|features=flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, houseplant
| usda_zones = 8-11
|flowers=pink, spotted
| sunset_zones = 8, 9, 12-24 (west only)
|Temp Metric=°F
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
|min_zone=8
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|max_zone=11.5
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
|sunset_zones=8, 9, 12-24 (west only)
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
|image=Anomatheca laxa01.JPG
| familia = [[Iridaceae]]
|image_width=200
| genus = ''[[Freesia]]''
| species = '''''F. laxa'''''
| binomial = ''Freesia laxa''
| binomial_authority = ([[Thunb.]]) [[Goldblatt]] & [[J.C.Manning]] 
}}
}}
'''''Freesia laxa''''' or False Freesia ([[Synonymy|syn.]] ''Anomatheca cruenta'', ''Anomatheca laxa'', ''Lapeirousia cruenta'', ''Lapeirousia laxa'') is an [[ornamental plant]] native to [[South Africa]] and [[Mozambique]].  Forms clumps of grass-like leaves.  [[Flower]]s are usually pink to purple-red, or less frequently white or pale blue.  [[Self sows]].
'''''Freesia laxa''''' or False Freesia ([[Synonymy|syn.]] ''Anomatheca cruenta'', ''Anomatheca laxa'', ''Lapeirousia cruenta'', ''Lapeirousia laxa'') is an [[ornamental plant]] native to [[South Africa]] and [[Mozambique]].  Forms clumps of grass-like leaves.  [[Flower]]s are usually pink to purple-red, or less frequently white or pale blue.  [[Self sows]].


'Joan Evans' variety is only 6 inches (15cm) tall, and has pale-centered pink flowers.
'Joan Evans' variety is only 6 inches (15cm) tall, and has pale-centered pink flowers.


==References==  
==Cultivation==
 
 
===Propagation===
Seed, division
 
===Pests and diseases===
 
 
==Varieties==
 
 
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
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</gallery>
 
==References==
<references/>
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
* {{cite book | author=[[Alfred Pink|Pink, A.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892 Gardening for the Million.] | year=[[2004]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
* {{cite book | author=[[Alfred Pink|Pink, A.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11892 Gardening for the Million.] | year=[[2004]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://nature.jardin.free.fr/bulbe/ft_freesia_laxa.html ''Freesia laxa'']
*{{wplink}}


[[Category:Asparagales]]
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Freesia laxa or False Freesia (syn. Anomatheca cruenta, Anomatheca laxa, Lapeirousia cruenta, Lapeirousia laxa) is an ornamental plant native to South Africa and Mozambique. Forms clumps of grass-like leaves. Flowers are usually pink to purple-red, or less frequently white or pale blue. Self sows.

'Joan Evans' variety is only 6 inches (15cm) tall, and has pale-centered pink flowers.

Cultivation

Propagation

Seed, division

Pests and diseases

Varieties

Gallery

References

External links