Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tritonia gladiolaris (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
Synonymy:
- = Ixia gladiolaris Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 3, 341 (1789)
- = Gladiolus lineatus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 43 (1796)
- ≡ Tritonia lineata (Salisb.) Ker Gawl., Ann. Bot. [König & Sims] 1: 228 (1804)
Description
Tufted, ± grassy, 30–70 cm high. Corm ± 2 cm diam.; tunic of fine reticulate fibres. Leaves < stems, linear to narrow-ensiform, midvein and 2 outermost lateral veins prominent, 1–2 cauline, upper bract-like. Inflorescence simple or branched, usually 1/5-⅓ plant-height; spathe-valves 1–1.5 cm long, red-brown, entire, erose or dentate. Flowers many, 3–4 cm long, ± 5 cm diam., dull yellow-cream; tube narrow-cylindrical below, funnel-shaped above; lobes pencilled with numerous fine purple veins, ± =, to much > tube. Capsule < ½ length of spathe-valves, oblong. Seeds many.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3. as Tritonia lineata (Salisb.) Ker Gawl.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Nov.
Bibliography
Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. 1994: Bulbs for New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Auckland.
Ker Gawler, J.B. 1804: Ensatarum Ordo. Annals of Botany [Edited by König & Sims] 1: 219–247.
Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de 1789–1792: Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Vol. 3. Panckoucke, Paris.
Salisbury, R.A. 1796: Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium. London.
