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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.
Some references mention the species Dietes vegeta or D. vegeta variegata, springing from some confusion with Moraea vegata (which grows from a corm, not a rhizome). The name D. vegeta is commonly misapplied to both D. iridioides and D. grandiflora.
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 grandiflora, or large wild iris; Dietes bicolor, or yellow wild iris; Dietes iridioides, or wild iris; Wild Iris, 2001; The Wild Iris, a 1992 poetry book by Louise Glück; Wild Iris, a 1974 art work at the Delaware Art Museum; Wild Iris, a horse, winner of the 2004 Adrian Knox Stakes
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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Dietes iridioides (L.) Sweet ex Klatt, indigenous Dietes iridioides ... Sparaxis grandiflora (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl. subsp. fimbriata (Lam.) Goldblatt, endemic;
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 (!)