Libertia chilensis

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]

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

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

References
  1. "Libertia chilensis (Molina) Gunckel". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  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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