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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Freesia grandiflora
Plant... of bushpigs porcupines and rodents eating the corms. Iridaceae Freesia grandiflora is one of the more easily grown species ... The genus Freesia is part of the Iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 species worldwide. The ...
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 ...
Gladiolus venustus
Plant... in molerat stores (Goldblatt et al. 2020). Iridaceae Asexual propagation of gladioli by means of seeds is an easy, ... Gladiolus is the second largest genus of the family Iridaceae, after Iris . Gladiolus venustus was not described earlier ...
... for the survival of a species. The leaves of the Iridaceae family are edible but they appear to be unattractive to grazing ... and thus survive the heat and drought of the summer. Iridaceae Babiana sambucina subsp. sambucina requires a sunny spot ...
... 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 ...