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Dietes iridioides, commonly named African iris, fortnight lily, and morea iris, is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae that is native to Southern Africa.
Dietes grandiflora, commonly named fortnight lily, large wild iris, African iris [1] or fairy iris, is a rhizomatous perennial plant of the family Iridaceae with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa , where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial ...
Dietes bicolor, the African iris, butterfly flag, fortnight lily, or peacock flower, [1] is a clump-forming rhizomatous perennial plant with long sword-like evergreen pale green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump. This species belongs to the iris family Iridaceae. It can form large clumps if left undisturbed for years.
Dietes iridioides (L.) Sweet ex Klatt (wild iris, African iris, Cape iris, fortnight lily, morea iris) - widespread from Ethiopia to Cape Province; naturalized in Madeira, Mauritius, Réunion, Hawaii, Jamaica; Dietes robinsoniana (F.Muell.) Klatt (wedding lily) - Lord Howe Island (part of New South Wales) Dietes bicolor has cream or yellow flowers.
Iridaceae (/ ɪ r ɪ ˈ d eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /) is a family of plants in order Asparagales, taking its name from the irises.It has a nearly global distribution, with 69 accepted genera with a total of c. 2500 species.
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened. [ 2 ]
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Chasmanthe floribunda is a species of flowering plant in the iris family which is known by the common name African flag.This plant is endemic to Cape Province in South Africa, but it has been introduced to other areas of similar climate, and is considered to be naturalized in California, Algeria, Australia, Argentina, and St. Helena.