Genus Freesia

Freesia Eckl. ex Klatt, Linnaea 34: 672 (1866), nom. cons.

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Image Gallery:

Freesia andersoniae Freesia caryophyllacea Freesia corymbosa Freesia fergusoniae Freesia fucata Freesia grandiflora Freesia laxa Freesia leichtlinii Freesia marginata Freesia occidentalis Freesia praecox Freesia refracta Freesia sparrmanii Freesia speciosa Freesia verrucosa Freesia viridis

Cultivar Image Gallery:

There are 809 cultivars registered by the KAVB, Below are cultivars currently being offered in 2025 catalogs. If you grow these please consider photographing them and attaching photos to their page or sending them to the photo manager (link below).

Freesia 'Ambiance' Freesia 'Blue Bayou' Freesia 'Boulevard' Freesia 'Emily' Fressia laxa 'Alba' Freesia laxa 'Azurea' Freesia laxa 'Albomaculata' Freesia 'Maya' Freesia 'Mercurius' Freesia refracta alba Freesia 'Red Baron' Freesia 'Rosario' Freesia 'Volante' Unidentified Cultivars

Classification:

Genus Freesia
  1. Subgenus Freesia Freesia andersoniae , Freesia corymbosa , Freesia grandiflora , Freesia laxa , Freesia occidentalis , Freesia refracta , Freesia speciosa , Freesia verrucosa
  2. Subgenus Viridibractea, (Freesia subgen. Viridibractea (Goldblatt) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Strelitzia 27: 50 (2010).)
    1. Series Viridibractea Freesia caryophyllacea , Freesia fergusoniae , Freesia fucata , Freesia leichtlinii , Freesia marginata , Freesia praecox , Freesia sparrmanii ,
    2. Series Alatae (Freesia sect. Alatae J.C.Manning & Goldblatt, Novon 15(1): 172 (2005).) Freesia viridis

Further Reading for Freesia:

Progress in Freesia hybridization in 1919
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Library search for Freesia

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