Tritonia crocata
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Tritonia crocata, Ker-Gawl. Slender, simple or branched from near the base, bearing few fls. in loose 1-sided racemes: fls. about 2 in. across, tawny yellow or orange-red, the stamens one-third the length of the perianth-limb. Cape Colony. Var. miniata, Baker (T. miniata, Ker-Gawl.), has light red fls. There are color varieties, as purpurea, Hort., coccinea, Hort., and aurantiaca, Hort.—These plants are usually treated as greenhouse bulbs in the N. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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