Quick Characteristics:
| Height: | 60-80 cm (2-2.6 ft) |
| Flower Colors: | brown, patterned |
| Life form: | bulb |
Tigridia ehrenbergii (Schltdl.) Molseed is a tall species (80 cm) that grows in a dry tropical climate in Mexico in partially shaded places between 900 and 1600 meters. It's a very variable plant that is similar to Tigridia hallbergii and Tigridia vanhouttei ssp. roldanii except that it has flowers with an unpleasant smell.
Tigridia ehrenbergii subsp. ehrenbergii from Puebla, Mexico. Photos by Verónica Chavez.
Tigridia ehrenbergii subsp. flavigera Cruden is the other subspecies.
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