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Freesia alba |
 | | Freesia alba is found growing in sandy or stony soils amongst dune scrub or at forest edges, usually in light shade, also in damp places near water, mainly along the coast, from Hermanus to Plettenberg Bay. |
 | | Freesia is endemic to southern Africa and consists of 16 species: Freesia alba, F. andersoniae, F. caryophyllacea, F. corymbosa, F. fergusoniae, F. fucata, F. grandiflora, F. laxa, F. leichtlinii, F. occidentalis, F. refracta, F. sparrmannii, F. speciosa, F. verrucosa and F. |
 | | Freesia sparrmannii was collected in 1770 and described in 1814, also as a Gladiolus, and the fifth species was called Gladiolus xanthospila but this one has never been related to any wild plant and is thought to be a form of F. |
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