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Scientific Name: | Tigridia pavonia |
Common Name: | tiger flower, peacock flower |
Family Name: | Iridaceae |
Origin: | Mexico |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
Habit: | Upright |
Form: | Vase |
Texture: | Coarse |
Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Heavily veined, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Entire |
Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Sep |
Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves alternate up flowering stem, partially folded lengthwise along major veins; flower petals much smaller than the similar colored sepals, throat spotted pink, up to 12cm wide. |