Iridaceae FAMILY

Trimezia martinicensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Walking iris is an evergreen, stemless, perennial plant with a cluster of leaves arising from small fibrous-coated corms. The flowering stems, which can be 30 - 80cm tall, produce viviparous plantlets at their joints which root and produce new plants when the stem bends over[ 302 Title Tropical Ornamentals; A Guide Publication Author Whistler. W. Arthur. Publisher Timber Press Inc. Oregon. Year 2000 ISBN 0-88192-448-2 Description An excellent little guide to some of the more commonly cultivated ornamental plants of the Tropics, often giving some information on the plants other uses. , 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use. It is also often grown in gardens as an ornamental.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, Brazil, Venezuela; north through the Caribbean to Jamaica; Central America - Guatemala, Mexico.

HabitatMostly in dense wet mixed forest at elevations from 200 - 1,600 metres in Guatemala[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. Damp grassy places, mostly on heavy soils, at elevations from 45 - 1,500 metres[ 426 Title Flowering Plants of Jamaica Publication Author Adams. C.D. Publisher University of the West Indies; Jamaica. Year 1972 ISBN Description A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc. ].