Romulea tortuosa

Romulea tortuosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Romulea
Species:
R. tortuosa
Binomial name
Romulea tortuosa
Synonyms
  • Bulbocodium tortuosum
  • Ixia tortuosa
  • Romulea tridentifera
  • Trichotoma tortuosa

Romulea tortuosa is a herbaceous perennial geophyte in the family Iridaceae native to South Africa. It has a small corm in the soil, a few prostrate coiling leaves, and fragrant, trimerous yellow flowers, sometimes with six brown blotches on the inside near the bottom of the flower.[1][2]

  1. ^ Vlok, Jan; Schutte-Vlok, Anne Lise (2015). Plants of the Klein Karoo (2 ed.). Hatfield, South Africa: Umdaus Press. p. 116.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference MG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).