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Aristea torulosa

Aristea torulosa
Common names: Wood’s aristea (Eng.); blousuurkanol (Afr.); khahla, lethepu-le-lenyenyane (Sesotho,); umluzi omncane (isiZulu); phayimashimane (siSwati)
Family: Iridaceae

... the name is unclear. Aristea belongs in the iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 70 genera and ± 2 160 ...

25 / 11 / 2024 | Ofentse Naanyane | Free State NBG
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Watsonia strubeniae

Watsonia strubeniae
Common names: Sabie watsonia Graskop watsonia, Struben’s watsonia (Eng.) Graskopse-kanolpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... formed the type collection. This species belongs to the Iridaceae, known as the iris family. Most watsonias are ...

04 / 11 / 2024 | Pfuluwani Ndou | Lowveld NBG
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Watsonia lepida

Watsonia lepida
Common names: lonesome watsonia (Eng.); khahla (Sesotho)
Family: Iridaceae

... to its attractive flowers. Watsonia lepida belongs to the Iridaceae, the iris family, comprising of 66 genera and ...

14 / 10 / 2024 | Mashudu Tshitereke | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Gladiolus liliaceus

Gladiolus liliaceus
Common names: large brown-afrikaner, large brown africander, brown africander, sword lily (Eng.); ribbokblom, aandpypie, grootbruinafrikaner, kaneelaandblom, bruina
Family: Iridaceae

... powder (fungicide). The genus Gladiolus belongs to the Iridaceae, a family with more than 60 genera worldwide. Gladiolus is the largest genus in the Iridaceae with approximately 255 species. Gladiolus species ...

07 / 10 / 2024 | Ramafalo Dikeledi | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gladiolus sericeovillosus

Gladiolus sericeovillosus
Common names: large speckled gladiolus (Eng.); isidwa, udwendweni, isidwa esincane, umlunge (siZulu); bloupypie (Afr.); sidvwana (isiSwazi)
Family: Iridaceae

... dated March 1845. Gladiolus belongs to the Iris family (Iridaceae), which includes approximately 65 genera and 1 800 ...

19 / 08 / 2024 | Lesego Tlhatlhelang | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Dierama dubium

Dierama dubium
Common names: hidden hairbell (Eng.); grasklokkie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Dierama dubium is a species endemic to South Africa from Iridaceae, a geophytic family with only four subfamilies ...

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

Radinosiphon leptostachya
Common names: slender-spiked radinosiphon (Eng.); blou angelier (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Radinosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the Iridaceae family that was first described as a genus in 1932. ... just more than half of the total species within the Iridaceae. Most of the species in this subfamily are ... leaves and 6 petals which are typical features of the Iridaceae family. Radinosiphon lomatensis is easily ...

24 / 06 / 2024 | Ziphezinhle Madonsela | Lowveld NBG
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Babiana rubrocyanea

Babiana rubrocyanea
Common names: blue-and-red babiana, wine-cup baboon-root, winecup babiana (Eng.); kelkiewynbobbejaantjie, rooibloubobbejaantjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... soap may also work. Babiana belongs to the iris family (Iridaceae), a family encompassing approximately 65 genera and ...

05 / 02 / 2024 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Aristea spiralis

A clump of Aristea spiralis
Common names: star-eyed aristea, pale capeblue (Eng.)
Family: Iridaceae

... insufficient sunlight. Aristea is part of the iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...

11 / 12 / 2023 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Sparaxis auriculata

Sparaxis auriculata
Common names: Matsikamma sparaxis, ear satinflower (Eng.), fluweelblom, fluweeltjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

27 / 11 / 2023 | Sisipho Mqungguthu | Karoo Desert NBG
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Babiana montana

Babiana montana
Common names: Agulhas baboon flower (Eng.); bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... ‘relating to mountains’. Babiana belongs in the Iridaceae family, it is a genus of approximately 92 species ...

06 / 11 / 2023 | Philisiwe Nonhlanhla Biyela | Pretoria NBG
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Moraea hiemalis

Moraea heimalis. Photo Richard Boon
Common names: winter yellow moraea
Family: Iridaceae

12 / 12 / 2022 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Gladiolus serpenticola

Gladiolus serpenticola
Common names: serpentine sword lily, serpentine gladiolus
Family: Iridaceae

... them. Gladiolus is one of the largest genera of the Iridaceae family, with more than 250 plant species. Gladioli ...

08 / 08 / 2022 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG
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Thereianthus bulbiferus

Thereianthus bulbiferus, patent flowers
Common names: bulb-bearing summer pipes (Eng.); somerpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Thereianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae which was first described as a genus in 1941. The ...

25 / 07 / 2022 | Naomi Mdayi | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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Lapeirousia jacquinii

Lapeirousia jacquinii
Common names: harlequin cabong, purple cabong, Jacquin's lapeirousia, purple corn-lily, wild violet (Eng.); kabong, paletblaar, rukkeperdjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... Namaqua rock mice. Lapeirousia is part of the Iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...

04 / 04 / 2022 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Babiana nervosa

Babiana nervosa
Common names: baboon flower, babiana (Eng.), bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie, katjetie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

07 / 03 / 2022 | Ofentse Naanyane | Pretoria NBG
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Babiana stricta

Common names: baboon flower, babiana (Eng.), bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie, katjetie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

07 / 03 / 2022 | | Pretoria NBG
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Gladiolus permeabilis

Gladiolus permeabilis
Common names: partridge pypie, small afrikander (Eng.); patrysuintjie, kleinafrikaner, koningaandblom, lituin (Afr.); khahla-e-nyenyane (Sesotho); sidvwana (siSwati
Family: Iridaceae

... The genus Gladiolus is part of the Iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...

28 / 02 / 2022 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gladiolus floribundus

Gladiolus floribundus
Common names: common swordlily
Family: Iridaceae

10 / 01 / 2022 | Mizpah Hoffman | TSP
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Babiana noctiflora

Babiana noctiflora
Common names: night-scented baboon flower, night bobbejaantjie (Eng.); aandbobbejaantjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... from eating them. Babiana noctiflora belongs to the family Iridaceae. There are 66 accepted genera in this family, with ...

01 / 11 / 2021 | Tamanna Patel | TSP
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