Tritonia is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae with some 28 species. They are naturally distributed mainly in South Africa, and are closely related to the genus Ixia. They are small bulbous plants. The leaves are fan-shaped. The flowers are shades of yellow, orange or brown; sweet-smelling, and give off a very strong fragrance, especially at night. They occur in a variety of habitats: grassland in summer rainfall areas, renosterveld, karroid scrub, and fynbos in winter rainfall areas. The genus name is derived from the Latin word triton, meaning “weathervane”, and alludes to the apparently random arrangement of the stamens in some species. They are well suited to pot culture.

Tritonia crocata is a striking, late spring and early summer-flowering plant with fiery orange or reddish orange flower sprays and a fan of short, lance-shaped leaves. It is free-flowering, makes an ideal container and rock garden subject, and multiplies rapidly. Tritonia crocata is a deciduous, winter-growing geophyte (a plant with a subterranean storage organ) up to 350 mm high. It has a flattened corm surrounded by a few layers of fibrous outer tunics and multiplies by cormlets produced around its base. It produces a fan of short, lance-shaped leaves in autumn and a spike of numerous bright fiery orange or reddish orange, almost regular, cup-shaped flowers in late spring and early summer (September to November).