Iridaceae
Snowy mermaid
Libertia chilensis
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Libertia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 美丽丽白花, 美麗麗白花
- English
- Snowy mermaid
- Spanish
- Calle calle, Calle-calle, Solenomelus chilensis, Tequel tequel, Tequel-tequel
- Welsh
- Gellesgen chile
Synonyms
- 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.
- Sisyrinchium ixioides G.Forster
- Strumaria chilensis Molina
- Taumastos compressus Raf.
- Tekel formosa (Graham) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Lokal_Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Penarc, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Lokal_Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Klein Benjamin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MauricioGabriel1973, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: P. J. de Lange, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.