Plant
Tall with rusty red stems and an erect green leaf.
Flowers
Up to 12, blue to pink, sometimes white, often strongly veined, occasionally clear pink overall. Column top is arched over, thick margined, edged with yellow or orange and broadly cleft. Column arms sickle-shaped with few or no cilia.
Flowering
October - November.
Habitat
Lowland scrub and clay areas. Northland, local, rare.
Conservation
Uncommon; nationally critical.
Notes
Has been regarded as a form of T. pauciflora.
Key features
Column deeply cleft, lack of cilia on column arms.