Freesia aff leichtlinii

Common name: Freesia

Meaning of name:

Freesia is named after Friedrich Heinrich Theodor Freese, a German botanist and physician. The meaning of leichtlinii is not known.

Distribution:

Found in the south west of Western Australia and south eastern Australia.

Description:

An escaped garden plant to 40 centimetres tall. The highly perfumed, white to yellow flowers are produced from August to October.

Notes:

This plant is a hybrid of two South African species.

References:

Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.