Greek triton – weathercock, from the variable orientation of the stamens in T. squalida.

Perennial herbs, dying down each year. Corms globose with fibrous tunics. Leaves basal, linear, flat, hairless, with midvein. Spike usually 1-sided, twisted laterally. Spathes papery or membranous with blunt toothed tips. Perianth white to red or orange, patterned with fine veins; tube funnel-shaped; segments at least as long as tube, blunt. Anthers curved. Style branches entire, linear with minute terminal stigmas.

30 species in S Africa.

Offsets.

Flowers with short tube and blunt, distinctly veined segments.

de Vos (1982, 1983, 1999a).

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.