Trimezia northiana

Trimezia northiana, synonym Neomarica northiana,[1] also known as North's false flag[2] or walking iris, is a flowering plant, native to Brazil, with a rhizomatous rootstock, belonging to the iris family, Iridaceae.

Trimezia northiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Trimezia
Species:
T. northiana
Binomial name
Trimezia northiana
(Schneev.) Ravenna[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Cipura northiana (Schneev.) Endl.
  • Cipura sabini Heynh.
  • Cypella northiana (Schneev.) Klatt
  • Ferraria elegans Salisb.
  • Iris northiana (Schneev.) Pers.
  • Marica northiana (Schneev.) Ker Gawl.
  • Marica pantherina Salisb.
  • Marica sabini G.Lodd.
  • Marica sabiniana Lodd. ex Voigt
  • Moraea northiana Schneev.
  • Moraea vaginata Redouté
  • Neomarica northiana (Schneev.) Sprague

Reproduction

Plantlets grow at the ends of the flower stalks. As the plantlets grow, their weight causes the stalk to dip to the ground where they take root.[3]

  • Vegetative reproduction, involving 2 or 1 plantlets growing on the stem which previously flowered
  • Flower up close
  • Plant

References
  1. "Trimezia northiana (Schneev.) Ravenna". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Neomarica northiana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. http://works2.goldenhash.net/paraplants/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&category_id=11&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&manufacturer_id=1&page=shop.product_details&product_id=109&Itemid=3&vmcchk=1&Itemid=3


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