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Witsenia maura

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

Watsonia vanderspuyiae

Common names: bergsuurkanol (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

21 / 11 / 2011 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Watsonia tabularis

Common names: Table Mountain watsonia (Eng.); suurkanol, kanolpypie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

14 / 12 / 2015 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Watsonia strictiflora

Common names: Klipheuwel watsonia (Eng.); Klipheuwel lakpypie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

28 / 11 / 2016 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Watsonia mtamvunae

Common names: Umtamvuna watsonia

Family: Iridaceae

03 / 09 / 2012 | N Petela | CREW

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

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

Watsonia latifolia

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

Family: Iridaceae

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

Watsonia hysterantha

Common names: autumn watsonia (Eng.); herfskanolpypie, suikerkan, rooipypie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

12 / 01 / 2004 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Watsonia humilis

Common names: waxy watsonia (Eng.); waspypie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

09 / 12 / 2013 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Watsonia canaliculata

Family: Iridaceae

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

Watsonia borbonica

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

Family: Iridaceae

03 / 10 / 2005 | S Nonkenge | Kirstenbosch NBG

Watsonia angusta

Common names: red watsonia (Eng.); grootrooipypie, rooipypie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

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

Tritoniopsis triticea

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

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

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

Tritonia crocata

Common names: Mossel Bay tritonia (Eng.) mosselbaaikalkoentjie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

06 / 10 / 2008 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Thereianthus bulbiferus

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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