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Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl.

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Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 16: 2 pp after Pl. 581 (1802)
Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.
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Ker Gawl.
L.
(L.) Ker Gawl.
Ker Gawler, J.B. 1802: Tritonia squalida. Sweet-scented Tritonia. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 16: Pl. 581–next 2 pp.
1802
2 pp after Pl. 581
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Ixia crocata L.
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Tritonia crocata

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Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Tritonia
crocata

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl.

Tufted, to 60 cm high. Corm ± 2.5 cm diam., tunic of very fine matted fibres. Leaves < stems, to 1.5 cm wide, curved, narrow- to broad-ensiform. Inflorescence simple or branched, ¼-⅔ plant-height; spathe-valves 1-1.5 cm long, green with brown dentate tips, later straw-coloured below. Flowers to 15, ± 5 cm long, ± 5 cm diam., bright orange with orange veins, bright pink, or reddish with purplish veins; tube narrow-cylindrical below, funnel-shaped above; lobes ± twice length of tube, spreading. Capsule not seen.

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Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl.
Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl.
Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

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Hobbs, J.; Hatch, T. (1994)

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Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl.
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Canterbury Land District
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Tritonia crocata (L.) Ker Gawl.
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North Auckland Land District
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1 January 2000
5 May 2022
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