Libertia chilensis
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Libertia
Species:
L. chilensis
Binomial name
Libertia chilensis
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Choeradodia chilensis (Molina) Herb.
    • Libertia crassa Graham
    • Libertia elegans Poepp.
    • Libertia formosa Graham
    • Libertia formosa var. crassa (Graham) Baker
    • Libertia formosa var. grandiflora Johow
    • Libertia grandiflora Phil.
    • Libertia ixioides Gay
    • Orthrosanthus chilensis Klotzsch ex Baker
    • Sisyrinchium fernandezianum Steud.
    • Sisyrinchium formosum (Graham) F.Muell.
    • Strumaria chilensis Molina
    • Taumastos compressus Raf.
    • Tekel formosa (Graham) Kuntze

Libertia chilensis, synonym Libertia formosa,[1] called the New Zealand satin flower,[2] snowy mermaid,[3] or Chilean-iris,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the iris family, Iridaceae, native to the Juan Fernández Islands, central and southern Chile, and southern Argentina.[1] It can also be found growing wild in the San Francisco Bay Area and San Bernardino County in California,[5] where it is an introduced species. A rhizomatous evergreen perennial, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

The Calle-Calle River in Los Ríos Region owes its name to the Mapuche word for the plant.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Libertia chilensis (Molina) Gunckel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Libertia chilensis New Zealand satin flower". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Libertia formosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  4. ↑ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  5. ↑ "Libertia formosa". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Historia". Museo de Sitio Castillo de Niebla (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural. Retrieved 2021-04-01.


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