Tritonia
By Lou Paun
Tritonia (Montbretia) - Graceful and showy plants from the Cape, better than most S.
Tritonia hyalina
( CommonName Not Available )
Hyalina is a cormous perennial with upright, lance-shaped, basal leaves. Produces spikes of up to 10 cup-shaped, orange to pinkish red flowers with arching, wiry stems.
Tritonia gladiolaris (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
Synonyms
Gladiolus lineatus Salisb.Ixia gladiolaris Lam.Tritonia lineata (Salisb.) Ker Gawl.
Tritonia aurea, to give it its correct name, is one of the old cottage flowers which of recent years has been improved out of all recognition.
Gladiolus tritoniaeformis
Gladiolus tritoniiformis Kuntze
Gladiolus uitenhagensis Goldblatt & Vlok
Gladiolus undulatus L. (sect. Blandus) : Waved-flowered Gladiolus
Gladiolus unguiculatus Baker
Gladiolus usambarensis Marais ex Goldblatt ...
Lined Tritonia [English]: Tritonia lineata
Lineleaf Whitepuff [English]: Oligomeris linifolia
Lineleaf Whitepuff [English]: Reseda linifolia
Lines of Splendor Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Lines of Splendor' ...
Crocus Erythronium Freesia Gladiolus Tritonia
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When, however, the attachment is very narrow, and an articulation exists, the anthers are movable (versatile) and are easily turned by the wind, as in Tritonia, grasses (fig. 105), &c.
Sparaxis tricolor (Harlequin Flower)
Tigridia grandiflora (Mexican Shell Flower, Peacock Flower)
Trimezia martinicensis (Martinique Trimezia)
Tritonia crocata (Flame Freesia)
Tritonia hyalina
Watsonia beatricis
Watsonia pyramidata ...
Crocosmia is a perennial sometimes known as Coppertip or Falling Star, & historically known as Tritonia & Monbretia.
Crocus Erythronium Freesia Gladiolus Tritonia
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If 'montbretia' itself sounds suspiciously like a genus name, it's because it once was-as were Curtonus and Tritonia for various ancestors of today's hybrids.
Trillium grandiflorum (wake robin)
Tritonia crocata
Trollius europaeus (globe flower)
Tulipa (tulips)
Verbascum thapsus (mullein)
Verbena
Viola odorata (violet)
Xerochrysum bracteatum (everlasting flower)
Zinnia elegans ...
 See also: Orange, Lily, Crocus, May, Gladiolus
  
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