Xenoscapa fistulosa

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| image = Xenoscapa fistulosa 5Dsr 0381.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = SANBI

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| genus = Xenoscapa

| species = fistulosa

| authority = Goldblatt & J.C.Manning, 1995{{cite web |url=https://www.ipni.org/n/983613-1 |title=Xenoscapa fistulosa |website=International Plant Names Index |access-date=18 July 2024}}

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• Ovieda fistulosa Spreng. ex Klatt
• Lapeirousia fistulosa (Spreng. ex Klatt) Baker
• Anomatheca fistulosa (Spreng. ex Klatt) Goldblatt

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| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Xenoscapa fistulosa |url=https://wfoplantlist.org/taxon/wfo-0000787335-2024-06?page=1 |website=WFO Plant List |access-date=18 July 2024}}

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Xenoscapa fistulosa is a species of plant that belongs to the Iridaceae family. It is one of only three species belonging to the Xenoscapa genus, alongside Xenoscapa grandiflora and Xenoscapa uliginosa.{{Cite web |title=Xenoscapa |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:983612-1 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=Plants of the World Online}} It was classified as a least-concern species in 2005.{{Cite web |title=Xenoscapa fistulosa |url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1578-1 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=South African National Biodiversity Institute}}

Its leaves are ovate and grow flat on the ground, while its flowers grow directly upwards. Its flowers are small and tubular, with its stem generally growing anywhere from three to twenty centimeters in length. They normally have white petals, but it is possible for them to be a pale pink color.{{Cite book |last=Goldblatt |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Goldblatt |url=https://archive.org/details/capeplantsconspe09gold/page/154/mode/2up |title=Cape Plants: A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa |last2=Manning |first2=John Charles |author-link2=John Charles Manning |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |year=2000 |isbn=9780620262361 |pages=154}}{{Cite web |title=Xenoscapa fistulosa |url=https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000787335 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=World Flora Online}} Their fragrance is described as "spicy-sweet".

Xenoscapa fistulosa tends to grow in clay and granite-based soils, in environments that are cool, moist, and shaded. It can be found as far north as the southern tip of Namibia, and as far south as the Cape Peninsula. Its populations are clustered near South Africa's Atlantic coast.