Tritonia gladiolaris
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Monocots
Simplified description
Deciduous, with corms that resprout mid-winter; flowering Sept-Oct
Flower colours
Cream, White
Similar taxa
Freesia leichtlinii, which lacks the fine purple veins on underside of the tepals
Habitat
Dry, very well-drained wasteland and dunes
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Iridaceae
Synonyms
Trintonia lineata (Salisb.) Ker Gawl.
Ecology
Fruiting
Seedlings appear around potted plants
Year naturalised
1945
Origin
South Africa
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Control techniques
Hand-weeding, but it is difficult to extract every corm and cormlet
Life cycle and dispersal
Spread of corms in garden discards; dune disturbance.
Propagation technique
Corms and seeds, but too invasive to bring into cultivation.
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
TRIGLA
Referencing and citations
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: Ogle, C. (Year at time of access): Tritonia gladiolaris Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/tritonia-gladiolaris/ (Date website was queried)