Accession Data
Libertia ixioides
Common Name: New Zealand Iris, Tukauki
Family: Iridaceae
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Description: A New Zealand iris relative with fan-shaped green leaves, tinted yellow with a center stripe of orange or yellow. This form, from the University of California at Santa Cruz collection, is a most attractive, miniature form with narrow, clumping rosettes or fans to only 6" tall. Dainty white flowers, held above the foliage in spring, turn to orangish berries in summer. 2
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 8a-11
Accession #: 201400190
Accession Date: 2014-10-02 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 2308
Quantity: 2
Source: Cistus Nursery
Provenance: Cistus Nursery ex. UCSC 2000.523
Culture: Loves full sun or dappled shade and occasional summer water. This UCSC collection, though coastal, has endured temperatures below 20F and is expected to be frost hardy in upper USDA zone 8. 2
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
SubFamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Sisyrinchieae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 September 2014.
- Cistus Nursery online catalog. Accessed 6 October 2014.
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