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Witsenia maura

Witsenia maura. Photo J Manning
Common names: Bokmakierie's tail (Eng.); waaiertjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... this plant occurs naturally. Witsenia was the first woody Iridaceae genus to be described and was named Antholyza maura ... Maurus is an adjective for Moorish in Latin. The woody Iridaceae include only thirteen species. The genus Witsenia ...

09 / 06 / 2003 | Antonia Xaba | Harold Porter NBG
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Watsonia vanderspuyiae

Watsonia vanderspuyiae
Common names: bergsuurkanol (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

21 / 11 / 2011 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Watsonia tabularis

Watsonia tabularis, pink
Common names: Table Mountain watsonia (Eng.); suurkanol, kanolpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

14 / 12 / 2015 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch 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 strictiflora

Watsonia strictiflora
Common names: Klipheuwel watsonia (Eng.); Klipheuwel lakpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

28 / 11 / 2016 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Watsonia pillansii

Watsonia pillansii
Common names: Pillans’ watsonia, summer watsonia, bugle lily, Beatrice watsonia (Eng.); suurkanol, knolpypie, lakpypie (Afr.); igotyibe (isiXhosa)
Family: Iridaceae

29 / 02 / 2016 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Watsonia mtamvunae

Photo Tony Abbott
Common names: Umtamvuna watsonia
Family: Iridaceae

03 / 09 / 2012 | N Petela | CREW
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Watsonia marginata

Watsonia marginata
Common names: broad-leaf watsonia (Eng.), breëblaar-kanolpypie, rooikanolpypie, kanolpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... flowers resemble. Watsonia marginata belongs in the Iridaceae (iris family), a family of roughly 70 genera and ...

29 / 10 / 2001 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch 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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Watsonia latifolia

Flowers
Common names: broad-leaved watsonia (Eng.); sidvwa (siSwati)
Family: Iridaceae

17 / 09 / 2012 | Mkhipheni Ngwenya | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium
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Watsonia hysterantha

Watsonia hysterantha. Photo: G Duncan
Common names: autumn watsonia (Eng.); herfskanolpypie, suikerkan, rooipypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

12 / 01 / 2004 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Watsonia humilis

Pink form
Common names: waxy watsonia (Eng.); waspypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

09 / 12 / 2013 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Watsonia canaliculata

Watsonia canaliculata growing in KZN Botanical Garden
Family: Iridaceae

09 / 01 / 2006 | S Khanyile | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Watsonia borbonica

Common names: pink watsonia ( Eng. ); suurkanol, kanolpypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

03 / 10 / 2005 | S Nonkenge | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Watsonia angusta

Watsonia angusta
Common names: red watsonia (Eng.); grootrooipypie, rooipypie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

29 / 06 / 2015 | Bathabile Ndlovu | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Tritoniopsis triticea

Flowers
Common names: mountain pipes (Eng.); rooibergpypie, klipuintjie, berguintjie, karkarblom (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

... and triticea means of wheat. Tritoniopsis belongs in the Iridaceae, commonly known as the iris family. There are 29 ...

04 / 12 / 2006 | Xolelwa Lusithi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Tritonia nelsonii

Tritonia nelsonii
Common names: Nelson’s tritonia, stripe-leaf triton (Eng.)
Family: Iridaceae

... extensively on the South African flora, especially on the Iridaceae family. A breathtaking flowering plant which boasts ...

09 / 06 / 2025 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Tritonia gladiolaris

Tritonia gladiolaris
Common names: pencilled tritonia, yellow tritonia, lined tritonia (Eng.); bergkatjietee (Afr.); khahla-e-nye-nyane (siSwati); isidwi esimpofu (isiZulu).
Family: Iridaceae

25 / 08 / 2025 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Tritonia crocata

Tritonia crocata
Common names: Mossel Bay tritonia (Eng.) mosselbaaikalkoentjie (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

06 / 10 / 2008 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch 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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