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Tristagma bivalve is a small bulbous perennial from central Chile, grown for its star-shaped blooms. It is a dormant-season plant best kept dry while resting and given sun and good drainage while growing.
Tristagma bivalve is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaryllidaceae. It is a perennial herb endemic to Chile, where it is distributed between the Atacama and Araucanía regions.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tristagma bivalve 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.
