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Dietes iridioides
Also called Small Fortnight Lily, Small Wild Iris
Painted Lady (Dietes iridioides) is a rhizomatous perennial from southern and eastern Africa, grown for its fan-shaped clumps of iris-like foliage and white flowers marked with yellow and violet. It is tough and adaptable, doing best in part shade with reasonable moisture.
Dietes iridioides, commonly named African iris, fortnight lily, and morea iris, is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae that is native to Southern Africa.
Dietes iridoides is widely distributed in Africa, from Ethiopia to South Africa.
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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.
