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D. grandiflora and D. iridioides both have white flowers marked with yellow and violet, and appear similar in photographs, but they are quite different: those of grandiflora are much larger, last three days, and have dark spots at the base of the outer tepals, while those of iridioides are small, last only one day, and lack the spots.
Full view of plant This species has sarmentous stems with branches bearing lily-like flowers 6–8 centimetres (2.4–3.1 in) wide, white with yellow central markings. Growing up to 60 centimetres (24 in) in height and 30–60 centimetres (12–24 in) in spread, it forms dense basal tufts in the shape of an extended fan.
Dietes grandiflora, commonly named fortnight lily, large wild iris, African iris [1] or fairy iris, is a rhizomatous perennial plant of the family Iridaceae with long, rigid, sword-like green leaves. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa , where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial ...
Dietes bicolor, the African iris, butterfly flag, fortnight lily, or peacock flower, [1] is a clump-forming rhizomatous perennial plant with long sword-like evergreen pale green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump.
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I'm not sure the included image is actually Dietes iridoides, by Goldblatt's key here it seems to key out to D. grandiflora to me - "inner tepals with brown markings on the claw" vs "inner tepals not marked". This distinction is actually mentioned in this article (!)
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