naturalizedIridaceae

Trimezia steyermarkii

yellow walking iris

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Trimezia steyermarkii is a species of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, Colombia, and Venezuela. Plants are up to 150 cm tall, with rhizomes up to 2–4 cm long and 2–3 cm wide; leaves are lanceolate, 60–150 cm long by 2 cm wide; flowers are yellow with brown spots. In countries like Colombia and Venezuela one of common names that is often given to this plant is "Hand of God" because of the three flower...

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Seasonality

Only 13 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 1 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 55 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 181 · GBIF 63 records
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 42 · GBIF 18
Honopou · MauiiNat 29 · GBIF 12
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 23 · GBIF 12
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 3
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 2
Keahialaka · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Honomanü · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Waimea · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2
Kawela · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Nāpili 2-3 · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Wailuanui · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keʻanae · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keaaula · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1