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Tysons Hairbells

Dierama tysonii

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
S. KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
subtropical

About

Dierama tysonii is a perennial geophyte that is part of the Iridaceae family. The species is endemic to South Africa. The plant occurs in KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape in Griqualand East. The species has a range of 2024 km2 and ten subpopulations are known. The plant has already lost habitat to plantations and crop cultivation. It is currently threatened by overgrazing.

Other Dierama plants

Dierama adelphicum · Dierama ambiguum · Ivory Hairbell · Dierama atrum · Dierama cooperi · Dierama cupuliflorum · Dierama densiflorum · Dierama dissimile · Dierama dracomontanum · Hidden Hairbell · Dierama elatum · Dierama erectum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dierama tysonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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