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Iphigenia ratnagirica
Ratnagiri Grass Lily is a small tuberous herb from the lateritic plateaus of Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, India, in the Colchicaceae family. It is a wild species of rocky open ground, rarely grown in gardens, so practical cultivation advice is limited.
Iphigenia ratnagirica is a small herb, endemic to the northern Western Ghats region of India. It is a tuberous geophyte in the family Colchicaceae.
Iphigenia ratnagirica is only known from the lateritic plateaus of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. It grows on open rocky areas at elevations of 50–200 m (160–660 ft).
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Iphigenia ratnagirica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
