Calydorea caelestina
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Bartram's Ixia
Iridaceae
Plant Specifics
| Form: | Flower | |
| Size: | to 1 ft tall by to 0.5 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Short-lived perennial | |
| Flower Color: | Blue,purple | |
| Fruit Color: | NA | |
| Phenology: | Spring ephemeral | |
| Noted for: | Showy flowers |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Mostly grown as a curiosity as it is an early morning bloomer and nearly invisible when not in flower. Grow in a wildflower garden. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Considerations: | Is endemic to only a few counties in NE Florida and does best in a fire-controlled habitat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propagation: | Seed. Division. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Availability: | Friends, Seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| (Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: | Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil or other substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil pH: | Acidic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ecology
| Wildlife: |
Attracts bumblebees (Huegel, C. 2013. Palmetto 31: 3-6) | |
| Insects: | ||
| Native Habitats: | Wet to mesic flatwoods. Does well in fire-maintained habitats. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
| General Comments: | This is an endangered species. Please do not steal from the wild. |