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Tritonia karooica
Great Karoo Triton is a small bulbous geophyte from the Iris family, native to dry shrubland in the Northern and Western Cape of South Africa. It is best grown from a dormant bulb in free-draining soil with a dry rest period after flowering.
Tritonia karooica is a bulbous geophyte belonging to the genus Tritonia. The species is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tritonia karooica 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.
