Freesia laxa, commonly known as flowering grass,[2] is a small species of cormous flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, from eastern and southern Africa, from Kenya to northeastern South Africa.

The green leaves are arranged in a flat "fan" from which the flower stalk emerges.

The bases of the lowest three tepals usually have a darker marking, which may be red or purple, although it is absent in the pure white form.

It dies down to a corm in the winter, growing again at the end of spring and flowering in summer.

[6][7] Freesia laxa is sufficiently hardy to be grown outdoors in all but the coldest parts of the British Isles.