Dietes iridioides (L.) Sweet ex Klatt, Consp. Fl. Afr. 5: 156 1894. (Syn: Dietes iridifolia Salisb.; Ferraria blanda Salisb.; Moraea iridioides L.; Naron iridioides (L.) Moench); . Ethiopia to S. Africa: Angola, Cape Provinces, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe as per POWO; . Dietes iridioides from California-GS08102021-1: 4 high res. images. Dietes […]
Category: Dietes
Dietes grandiflora (Introduced- USA)
Dietes grandiflora N.E.Br., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 35 1928. ; . Common name: Wild Iris, Fairy Iris, Butterfly Iris . Dietes grandiflora (large wild iris, fairy iris) is a rhozomatous perennial plant with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves belonging to the Iridaceae family. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa, […]
Dietes bicolor (Introduced)
Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt, Linnaea 34: 584 1866 (Syn: Iris bicolor Lindl.; Moraea bicolor Steud.); Dietes bicolor (variously known as African iris or Fortnight lily) is a clump-forming rhizomatous perennial plant with long sword-like pale-green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump. This species belongs to the Iridaceae (Iris) […]
