This false freesia, also known as "paint flower", "painted flower" and "painted petal" is a unusual light coral color with 3 bright red spots at the base of the lower 3 petals. Its overall color is the lighter tones on the petals. (San Antonio, Tx.)
by htop Mar 9, 2004 10:09 AM
False Freesia (Anomatheca laxa) unripe seed pods (seedpods).
by htop May 17, 2005 10:27 PM
False Freesia (Anomatheca laxa) ripe seed pods (seedpods) and seeds ready to be dispersed.
by htop May 17, 2005 10:27 PM
False Freesia (Anomatheca laxa) seeds in the palm of my hand after I collected them.
by htop May 18, 2005 10:27 PM
False Freesia flower in my garden in Victoria, Australia, November 2005
by kennedyh Nov 10, 2005 6:41 PM
False Freesia (Anomatheca laxa) plants which look like grass emerging in January ...
by htop Jan 23, 2006 9:59 PM
by gumlla Apr 7, 2006 11:14 PM
by gumlla Apr 7, 2006 11:12 PM
False Freesia May 2006
by ladyannne May 4, 2006 10:28 PM
the flowers very beautiful, but the leaves soon turn brown in the summer heat and it looks like unwanted weeds
by dpmichael Jul 28, 2006 10:59 PM
False Freesia (Anomatheca laxa) is one of the first plants to bloom in the spring. I collect the seeds and plant them in other areas where they form colonies quite quickly. 3/14/2015
by htop Mar 14, 2015 8:05 AM
False Freesia (Anomatheca laxa) planted in front of other spring blooming plants at the base of an oak tree. The plants bloom for quite some time. 3/14/2015
by htop Mar 14, 2015 8:12 AM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Mar 14, 2016 2:35 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Mar 14, 2016 2:36 PM
Photo courtesy of; copyright of Jan Emming of Destination:Forever Ranch and Gardens, a 40 acre desert botanical garden/sustainable living homestead in Arizona.
by Kell Apr 28, 2016 7:47 PM
Copyright of, courtesy of David Feix, of David Feix Landscape Design in the East Bay and San Francisco Peninsula.
by Kell May 7, 2016 4:11 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Feb 8, 2018 5:33 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Feb 8, 2018 5:33 PM
Overall clump. Richmond TX, z9a, 5/5/18
by vossner May 5, 2018 4:27 PM
Clump closeup. Richmond TX, z9a, 5/5/18
by vossner May 5, 2018 4:27 PM
Photo courtesy of Ken Blackford. Copyright Ken Blackford. San Diego, Ca.
by Kell Feb 28, 2019 7:49 PM
Photo courtesy of, copyright of Jim Bishop, a Landscape Designer, from San Diego, California.
by Kell Apr 28, 2020 11:16 AM