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Stripeleaf Triton

Tritonia nelsonii

Stripeleaf Triton
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0

Stripeleaf Triton is a tuberous perennial geophyte in the iris family, native to southern Africa. It grows from a corm and flowers in spring or summer; keep it dry while dormant and moist during growth.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the soil dry out between waterings; keep dry when dormant.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil; avoid waterlogging.
Temperature
15–30 °C; tolerates mild frost briefly, protect below 0 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Botswana to Northern Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Tritonia nelsonii is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the genus Tritonia. The species is native to Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Botswana.

Other Tritonia plants

Tritonia atrorubens · Bakers Triton · Pink Kleinkaroo Triton · Tritonia bakeri · Cedarberg Triton · Gold Triton · Longtube Triton · Montbretia · Tritonia delpierrei · Blotch Triton · No Blotch Triton · Dutch footprints

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tritonia nelsonii 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.

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