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Dierama pulcherrimum

Common names: Amathole hairbell, East London hairbell, African hairbell, angel’s fishing rod, fairy wand, wedding bell (Eng.); grasklokkies (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... Griffith, steffiebee, Jim Linwood and Nicola van Berkel. Dierama pulcherrimum is an evergreen perennial with flowering ... mm long and tepals 23–35(–39) x 10–19 mm. Dierama pulcherrimum is easily confused with D. pendulum but ... ovoid flowers with suberect or weakly spreading tepals. Dierama pendulum has funnel-shaped flowers with widely ...

| Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria

Common names: This species does not appear to have a common name of its own, but the genus Dierama is known as hairbells, fairybells, wandflowers; grasklokkies (Afr

Family: Iridaceae

... capsule, and the seeds are round to angled and brown. Dierama reynoldsii grows in medium- to high-altitude ... there is no information on this, specific to this plant. Dierama Although the list of suppliers appended to Hilliard & ... bedding plant on the University campus that year was Dierama — not D. reynoldsii but a much paler-flowered ...

27 / 06 / 2005 | Hugh Glen | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Common names: fairy bell, hair-bell, wedding bell (Eng.)

Family: Iridaceae

... Duncan Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden October 2005 Dierama pendulum is an evergreen geophyte (a plant that grows ... bearing numerous brown, hard, angular seeds. The genus Dierama is endemic to Africa and contains some 45 species ... is found in KwaZulu-Natal, where about 26 species occur. Dierama pendulum is one of the most well-known and desirable ...

31 / 10 / 2005 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: Tyson’s hairbells (Eng.); grasklokkies (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden October 2019 Dierama tysonii is an evergreen, herbaceous perennial that ... occurs from midwinter to spring (July–September). Dierama tysonii has been recorded growing in Pondoland and ... and in open grasslands at 1 370 to 1 650 m altitude. Dierama tysonii seeds are dispersed by wind, but are not ...

28 / 10 / 2019 | Bathabile Ndlovu | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Common names: hidden hairbell (Eng.); grasklokkie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

... leaves that are 400-850 mm long and 3-5 mm wide. Dierama dubium has linear leaf blades with longitudinal veins ... are normally shorter than the bracts enfolding the flower. Dierama dubium flowers have 3 stamens, an inferior ovary and stigmas held just below the top of the perianth. Dierama dubium is similar to Dierama argyreum which has white ...

19 / 08 / 2024 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

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Search results for "Dierama" (displaying 5 of 5 on page 1)

Dierama pulcherrimum

Dierama reynoldsii

Dierama pendulum

Dierama tysonii

Dierama dubium