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Iridaceae
Plant... or black seeds that mimic fleshy seeds. Members of Iridaceae occur in a great variety of habitats. About the only place they do ... and long-proboscid flies, and even monkey-beetles. Iridaceae The species vary greatly in their ease of cultivation and in ...
Dietes bicolor
Plant... attract various insectivorous birds to the garden. Iridaceae The yellow wild iris is fast growing which makes it ideal for use ... unknown. Dietes bicolo r belongs to the family Iridaceae (iris family). These plants are perennial herbs in the form of either ...
The woody Iridaceae
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Nivenia, Klattia and Witsenia: Three genera of the Iridaceae family that have unusual habits. Goldblatt Peter Iridaceae Nivenia Klattia and Witsenia shrubs Botanical Society The woody ...
Witsenia maura
Plant... sugarbirds that enjoy nectar with 11-13% sugar content. Iridaceae This plant is not easily cultivated, even if planted in the same ... occurs naturally. Witsenia was the first woody Iridaceae genus to be described and was named Antholyza maura by Linnaeus ...
Crocosmia paniculata
Plant... for small, reddish berries, but this is not yet known. Iridaceae This species is reasonably cold-hardy, but is unlikely to ... paniculata is one of a small genus of 8 species of Iridaceae restricted to sub-Saharan Africa. DNA sequence analysis suggests that ...
Chasmanthe aethiopica
Plant... transport the seeds from bush clump to bush clump. Iridaceae Chasmanthe aethiopica thrives in relatively fertile, freely ... aethiopica (L.) N.E.Br. Chasmanthe aethiopica Few Iridaceae are used in traditional medicine or as food and Chasmanthe ...
... alba is mostly pollinated by solitary bees. Iridaceae Although wild freesias are not as easy to grow as their myriad of ... Latin. Freesia belongs in the large and very diverse Iridaceae, a family of about 65 genera and 1 800 species distributed all over ...
Geissorhiza radians
Plant... in large colonies forming in wet areas. Iridaceae Plants are easy to cultivate and should be grown in small pots ... like a roof tile. Geissorhiza belongs to the family Iridaceae which comprises plants with a bulb-like structure which is used as a ...
... relationships in subsp . grandiflora . Iridaceae Sparaxis grandiflora subsp . grandiflora is a ... Sparaxis is one of the smaller genera of the family Iridaceae. The Iris family is a large group that is well represented in ...
Gladiolus longicollis
Plant... with a papery wing, and are dispersed by wind. Iridaceae Gladiolus longicollis is seldom cultivated. It is not a showy ... of perennial, cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). Sometimes called the sword lily, the most widely used English ...