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Dietes butcheriana
Forest Iris (Dietes butcheriana) is a small clump-forming, rhizomatous shrub-like perennial from South Africa's eastern coastal forests. It grows well in mild climates with good drainage and some shade or filtered light.
Dietes butcheriana is a small shrub and geophyte. The species is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dietes butcheriana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
