The genus Ixia consists of a number of cormous plants native to South Africa from the Iridaceae family and Ixioideae subfamily. Some of them are known as the corn lily. Some distinctive traits include: sword-like leaves, and long wiry stems with star-shaped flowers. It usually prefers well-drained soil. They have a specific but not very intense fragrance of vegetables. That is why it is often visited by many insects such as bees.

Ixia stohriae, synonymously known as Tritonia conferta, is a rare range-restricted South African endemic species found in the Western Cape’s Langeberg Mountains between Montagu and Barrydale growing amongst fynbos on sandstone slopes at elevations between 300m and 800m. From late winter to mid-spring it produces lovely pink flowers.