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Dietes grandiflora

Dietes grandiflora
Common names: large wild iris, fairy iris (Eng.); groot wilde-iris (Afr); isiqungasehlati (Z)
Family: Iridaceae

... Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden December 2001 Dietes grandiflora is a perennial, evergreen plant which ... The flowers attract lots of bees and other pollinators. Dietes This is a popular, easy-to-grow garden plant which ... shade. However, for best results and most flowers, plant Dietes grandiflora in full sun or light shade in well ...

21 / 01 / 2002 | Sharon Turner | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Dietes bicolor

Dietes bicolor in the foreground
Common names: yellow wild iris, peacock flower (Eng.); uintjie, poublom (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Stern Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden. June 2002 Dietes bicolor forms clumps of erect sword-shaped leaves. The ... which partially splits to release the seeds. The genus Dietes is  found only in South Africa and on Lord Howe ... region of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The flower of Dietes bicolor is made up of three functional units, each ...

17 / 06 / 2002 | Marc Stern | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Dietes iridioides

Dietes iridioides flower and fruit
Common names: wild iris, wood iris (Eng.); wilde-iris (Afr.); indawo-yehlathi, isiqiki-sikatokoloshe, isishuphe somfula (isiZulu)
Family: Iridaceae

Pretoria NBG Cosmos Radebe Pretoria NBG December 2007 Dietes iridioides is a rhizomatous, evergreen herb, up to 600 ... Bees and other insects also pollinate the flowers. Dietes These tough, drought-resistant plants will thrive in ... as well as full sun, often where little else will grow. Dietes iridioides will tolerate both wind and frost, and ...

03 / 12 / 2007 | Cosmos Radebe | Pretoria NBG
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Dietes flavida

Dietes flavida (John Manning)
Common names: wood iris, wild iris (Eng.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Mei Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2017 Dietes flavida is a clump-forming perennial with a ... not split along the partitions. It may be confused with Dietes iridoides , also commonly called wood iris or wild ... drooping, smooth-walled seed capsules. In South Africa, Dietes flavida occurs in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and the ...

27 / 02 / 2017 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Dietes butcheriana

Dietes butcheriana
Common names: forest wild iris, forest iris, broad-leaved dietes (Eng.); bosiris (Afr.); isiyunga, iconya (isiXhosa)
Family: Iridaceae

... Nkosi Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2018 Dietes butcheriana is an evergreen, clump-forming perennial, ... This species can be distinguished from other species of Dietes by its broad leaves and large seed capsules, which are ... the flowers of D. grandiflora and often in D. iridoides . Dietes butcheriana is endemic to South Africa, where it ...

28 / 01 / 2019 | Sanele Nkosi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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