Iridaceae
Mexican shellflower
Tigridia pavonia
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Tigridia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 虎皮花, 老虎百合
- Czech
- Tygřice obecná
- English
- Mexican shellflower, Peacock flower, Peacock tiger flower, Tiger iris
- French
- Iris tigre
- German
- Echte Tigerblume, Pfauenlilie, Tigerlilie
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tigerblom
- Portuguese
- Flor-tigre
- Russian
- Тигридия павлинья, Какомите, Тигридия павония
- Slovak
- Tigrídia pávová
Synonyms
- Ferraria pavonia L.f.
- Ferraria tigridia Sims
- Marica tigridia (Sims) Lehm.
- Moraea pavonia (L.f.) Thunb.
- Moraea tigridia (Sims) Baker
- Sisyrinchium palmifolium Sessé & Moc.
- Tigridia aurantiaca Moq. ex Rousselon
- Tigridia conchiiflora Sweet
- Tigridia grandiflora Salisb.
- Tigridia oxypetala R.Morris
- Tigridia pavonia f. conchiiflora (Sweet) Voss
- Tigridia pavonia var. conchiiflora (Sweet) Baker
- Tigridia pringlei S.Watson
- Tigridia speciosa Poit.
- Vieusseuxia pavonia (L.f.) DC.
Photos
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Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Xilotl May, CC BY-SA 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.