Iridaceae
Common freesia
Freesia corymbosa
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Freesia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 伞花小苍兰
- English
- Common freesia
- Italian
- Fresia
Synonyms
- Freesia armstrongii W.Watson
- Freesia aurea Hend. ex Gumbl.
- Freesia brevis N.E.Br.
- Freesia corymbosa var. aurea (Hend. ex Gumbl.) N.E.Br.
- Freesia metelerkampiae L.Bolus
- Freesia odorata (G.Lodd. ex Bosse) Eckl. ex Klatt
- Freesia refracta var. odorata (G.Lodd. ex Bosse) Baker
- Gladiolus corymbosus Burm.f.
- Montbretia odorata (G.Lodd. ex Bosse) Heynh.
- Tritonia odorata Lodd.
- Tritonia odorata G.Lodd. ex Bosse
- Waitzia odorata (G.Lodd. ex Bosse) Heynh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.