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Tiger flower
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Tiger flower

Tigridia pavonia

Tigridia pavonia is the best-known species from the genus Tigridia, in the Iridaceae family. Common names include jockey's cap lily, Mexican shellflower peacock flower, tiger iris, and tiger flower. The species is widespread across much of Mexico as well as Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. The species is also considered naturalized in Ecuador and Peru.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Tiger flower in Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain

Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.323

Tiger flower in Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals

Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.304

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 146593.