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Tritonia gladiolaris

Tritonia gladiolaris
Common names: pencilled tritonia, yellow tritonia, lined tritonia (Eng.); bergkatjietee (Afr.); khahla-e-nye-nyane (siSwati); isidwi esimpofu (isiZulu).
Family: Iridaceae

... Errol Douwes and Gail Bowers-Winters for the photos. Tritonia gladiolaris is a deciduous, bulbous perennial, ... seed capsules measuring approximately 8 mm in length. Tritonia gladiolaris grows in stony grassland, from near sea ... climates with moderate rainfall and well-drained soils. Tritonia gladiolaris is probably pollinated by long-tongued ...

25 / 08 / 2025 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Tritonia nelsonii

Tritonia nelsonii
Common names: Nelson’s tritonia, stripe-leaf triton (Eng.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Andrew Hankey and Heleen Celliers for the photos. Tritonia nelsonii is an herbaceous, deciduous, perennial ... is a small capsule that holds a number of seeds inside. Tritonia nelsonii occurs only in southern Africa, and nowhere ... soil, and often wedged between rocks and in crevices. Tritonia nelsonii flowers are pollinated by Long-tongued Bees ...

09 / 06 / 2025 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Tritonia crocata

Tritonia crocata
Common names: Mossel Bay tritonia (Eng.) mosselbaaikalkoentjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden October 2008   Tritonia crocata is a deciduous, winter-growing geophyte (a ... releasing numerous small, hard, angled brown seeds. Tritonia consists of 27 species and is concentrated in the ... almost to the equator in Tanzania in Central East Africa. Tritonia crocata grows in clay soils in renosterveld of the ...

06 / 10 / 2008 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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