Yellow Walking Iris
Trimezia steyermarkii
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Kerala
How to identify Yellow Walking Iris
Identify Yellow Walking Iris by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Yellow iris-like flowers on a zigzag stalk (walking iris).
- Confirm leaf shape: Lanceolate.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In India, compare location records such as Andhra Pradesh, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Iridaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yellow Walking Iris.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Trimezia steyermarkii
- Genus
- Trimezia
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Kerala
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“leaves are lanceolate, 60–150 cm long by 2 cm wide;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Walking Iris itself; the rest are typical of the Iridaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Characters marked “recorded” are for Yellow Walking Iris itself; the rest are typical of the Iridaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Yellow Walking Iris
Yellow walking iris (Trimezia steyermarkii) is a species in the Iridaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
Iridaceae
Saffron Family
Yellow Walking Iris belongs to the Iridaceae family.
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