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Tritonia cedarmontana
Cedarberg Triton is a small South African corm-forming perennial from the iris family, found only in the southern Cederberg mountains of the Western Cape. It is grown mainly by specialist bulb collectors and needs sharp drainage and a dry summer rest.
Tritonia cedarmontana is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is a perennial geophyte and is part of the fynbos ecoregion. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs on the southern Cederberg. Here the species has a range of less than 20 km² and the single population occurs in a gorge where it grows on the slopes.
Tritonia atrorubens · Bakers Triton · Pink Kleinkaroo Triton · Tritonia bakeri · Gold Triton · Longtube Triton · Montbretia · Tritonia delpierrei · Blotch Triton · No Blotch Triton · Dutch footprints · Tritonia disticha subsp. disticha
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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.
