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Iridaceae
Plant... reddish or black seeds that mimic fleshy seeds. Members of Iridaceae occur in a great variety of habitats. About the ... flies and long-proboscid flies, and even monkey-beetles. Iridaceae The species vary greatly in their ease of ... and a dry summer. To search for more members of the family Iridaceae on this site, enter Iridaceae into the search box ...
Dietes bicolor
Plant... turn, attract various insectivorous birds to the garden. Iridaceae The yellow wild iris is fast growing which makes it ... at present unknown. Dietes bicolo r belongs to the family Iridaceae (iris family). These plants are perennial herbs in ... There are about 82 genera and 1700 species belonging to Iridaceae. Over half of the species of Iridaceae occur in ...
Witsenia maura
Plant... sugarbirds that enjoy nectar with 11-13% sugar content. Iridaceae This plant is not easily cultivated, even if ... 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 ...
The woody Iridaceae
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Nivenia, Klattia and Witsenia: Three genera of the Iridaceae family that have unusual habits. Goldblatt Peter Iridaceae Nivenia Klattia and Witsenia shrubs Botanical Society The woody Iridaceae ...
Crocosmia paniculata
Plant... for small, reddish berries, but this is not yet known. Iridaceae This species is reasonably cold-hardy, but is ... paniculata is one of a small genus of 8 species of Iridaceae restricted to sub-Saharan Africa. DNA sequence ...
Freesia grandiflora
Plant... of bushpigs porcupines and rodents eating the corms. Iridaceae Freesia grandiflora is one of the more easily grown ... virus). The genus Freesia is part of the Iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...
Chasmanthe aethiopica
Plant... transport the seeds from bush clump to bush clump. Iridaceae Chasmanthe aethiopica thrives in relatively ... aethiopica (L.) N.E.Br. Chasmanthe aethiopica Few Iridaceae are used in traditional medicine or as food and ...
Gladiolus venustus
Plant... forgotten corms in molerat stores (Goldblatt et al. 2020). Iridaceae Asexual propagation of gladioli by means of seeds ... Gladiolus is the second largest genus of the family Iridaceae, after Iris . Gladiolus venustus was not described ...
Lapeirousia jacquinii
Plant... those of the genus Prosoeca when they forage for nectar. Iridaceae Lapeirousia jacquinii is one of the more easily ... Namaqua rock mice. Lapeirousia is part of the Iris family (Iridaceae), which consists of about 65 genera and 1 800 ...
... valuable for the survival of a species. The leaves of the Iridaceae family are edible but they appear to be ... and thus survive the heat and drought of the summer. Iridaceae Babiana sambucina subsp. sambucina requires a sunny ...