Stem 60-100 cm tall. Leaves to 50 cm long, 6 cm wide. Flowers 9-15 cm wide, red, yellow, pink, orange or white, variously blotched or spotted and with a satinlike sheen; summer. Outer segments ovate, acute but curved back at tip, 6-10 cm long; inner segments shorter, blunt. Stamens forming a tube 4-7 cm long, anthers erect. Syn. T. conchiflora Sweet.

Mexico.

ALBA GROUP A name applied to a range of white-flowered plants.

Source: Cooke, D. (2005). Iridaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.