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Tritonia crocata, Ker-Gawl. Slender, simple or branched from near the base, bearing few fls. in loose 1-sided racemes: fls. about 2 in. across, tawny yellow or orange-red, the stamens one-third the length of the perianth-limb. Cape Colony.  
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Tritonia crocata, Ker-Gawl. Slender, simple or branched from near the base, bearing few fls. in loose 1-sided racemes: fls. about 2 in. across, tawny yellow or orange-red, the stamens one-third the length of the perianth-limb. Cape Colony. B.M. 184 (as Ixia crocata). Gn. 54:82. Var. miniata, Baker (T. miniata, Ker-Gawl.), has light red fls. B.M.
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609. There are color varieties, as purpurea, Hort., coccinea, Hort., and aurantiaca, Hort.—These plants are usually treated as greenhouse bulbs in the N.
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Var. miniata, Baker (T. miniata, Ker-Gawl.), has light red fls. There are color varieties, as purpurea, Hort., coccinea, Hort., and aurantiaca, Hort.—These plants are usually treated as greenhouse bulbs in the N.
 
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Latest revision as of 22:09, 3 May 2010


Tritonia crocata 1.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Height: ⇕ 10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10. to 18 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 18.
Width: ⇔ 4 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 8 to 10
Flower features: ❀ red, orange, yellow, pink
Scientific Names

Iridaceae >

Tritonia >

crocata >




Read about Tritonia crocata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Tritonia crocata, Ker-Gawl. Slender, simple or branched from near the base, bearing few fls. in loose 1-sided racemes: fls. about 2 in. across, tawny yellow or orange-red, the stamens one-third the length of the perianth-limb. Cape Colony.

Var. miniata, Baker (T. miniata, Ker-Gawl.), has light red fls. There are color varieties, as purpurea, Hort., coccinea, Hort., and aurantiaca, Hort.—These plants are usually treated as greenhouse bulbs in the N. CH


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