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Moraea villosa

Common names: peacock moraea (Eng.); uiltjie (Afr.) Two subspecies are recognized: subsp. villosa and subsp. elandsmontana Goldblatt

Family: Iridaceae

08 / 03 / 2010 | Lize Von Staden | TSP

Moraea ciliata

Common names: growweuintjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... season lasts approximately three weeks. The genus Moraea ( Iridaceae ) is a close relative of the genus Iris , and it is ...

15 / 02 / 2010 | Colleen Rust | Hantam NBG

Moraea tripetala

Common names: blue tulp (Eng.); blou-uintjie, kleinuiltjie, bok-uintjie, riet-uintjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

12 / 10 / 2009 | Eugene Marinus | Hantam NBG

Moraea tulbaghensis

Common names: rooiflappie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

12 / 10 / 2009 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Geissorhiza splendidissima

Common names: blue pride of Nieuwoudtville (Eng.); blou trots van Nieuwoudtville (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... splendid. The genus Geissorhiza falls under the family Iridaceae and with Hesperantha falls in the subfamily ...

17 / 08 / 2009 | Colleen Rust | Hantam NBG

Aristea biflora

Common names: windowed aristea

Family: Iridaceae

... southern Africa. Aristea biflora is a member of the family Iridaceae and an inhabitant the south-western Cape. It is ...

06 / 04 / 2009 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW

Geissorhiza radians

Common names: winecups, satin flower (Eng.); kelkiewyn (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... corms like a roof tile. Geissorhiza belongs to the family Iridaceae which comprises plants with a bulb-like structure ...

27 / 10 / 2008 | Gary Shanks | Kirstenbosch NBG

Tritonia crocata

Common names: Mossel Bay tritonia (Eng.) mosselbaaikalkoentjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

06 / 10 / 2008 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Chasmanthe bicolor

Common names: red-and-green cobra lily, two-colour chasmanthe (Eng.), suurkanol, suurkanolpypie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

21 / 04 / 2008 | Bernard Brown | Kirstenbosch NBG

Sparaxis maculosa

Common names: Cape buttercup, sparaxis, wandflower (Eng.); botterblom, ferweel, ferweeltjie, fluweeltjie, geelkalkoentjie, geelkalossie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... Sparaxis is one of the smaller genera of the family Iridaceae. The Iris family is a large group that is well- ...

17 / 03 / 2008 | Caitlin Von Witt | CREW

Dietes iridioides

Common names: wild iris, wood iris (Eng.); wilde-iris (Afr.); indawo-yehlathi, isiqiki-sikatokoloshe, isishuphe somfula (isiZulu)

Family: Iridaceae

03 / 12 / 2007 | Cosmos Radebe | Pretoria NBG

Hesperantha sufflava

Plant in flower:Image copyright Peter Goldblatt

Common names: evening flower (Eng.); aandblom (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

09 / 04 / 2007 | C Cowell | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Tritoniopsis triticea

Common names: mountain pipes (Eng.); rooibergpypie, klipuintjie, berguintjie, karkarblom (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... and triticea means of wheat. Tritoniopsis belongs in the Iridaceae, commonly known as the iris family. There are 29 ...

04 / 12 / 2006 | Xolelwa Lusithi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Geissorhiza aspera

Common names: blue satin flower (Eng.), blousysie, syblom (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... rough stem. The genus Geissorhiza falls under the family Iridaceae and with Hesperantha falls in the subfamily ...

23 / 10 / 2006 | C Cowell | Kirstenbosch NBG

Moraea elegans

Common names: poutulp (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

04 / 09 / 2006 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ixia mostertii

Common names: there are no recorded common names for this plant. It is one of the extremely rare species in the genus Ixia and has not been well collected.

Family: Iridaceae

21 / 08 / 2006 | Ismail Ebrahim | CREW

Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. grandiflora

Flower showing vertical anthers and style to one side

Common names: Cape buttercup, sparaxis (Eng.); botterblom, ferweel, ferweeltjie, fluweeltjie, perskalkoentjie, perskalossie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... Sparaxis is one of the smaller genera of the family Iridaceae. The Iris family is a large group that is well ...

14 / 08 / 2006 | Caitlin Von Witt | CREW

Moraea polystachya

Common names: blue moraea, blue tulp, poison moraea (Eng.); bloutulp, kraai-uintjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

12 / 06 / 2006 | Clare Archer | Pretoria NBG

Moraea polystachya

Common names: bloutulp, kraai-uintjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

12 / 06 / 2006 | Clare Archer | National Herbarium Pretoria

Gladiolus oppositiflorus

Common names: Transkei gladiolus, salmon gladiolus

Family: Iridaceae

15 / 05 / 2006 | Lize Agenbag | Pretoria NBG

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