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Dietes bicolor (Fortnight lily)

Synonyms: Iris bicolor (heterotypic); Moraea bicolor (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dietes bicolor (variously known as African iris or Fortnight lily) is a clump-forming rhizomatous perennial plant with long sword-like pale-green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump. This species belongs to the Iridaceae (Iris) family. It can form large clumps if left undisturbed for years. This species is common in horticulture in its native South Africa, where it is often used in public gardens, beautification of commercial premises and along roadsides.
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Infraspecies

Predators

Ischnaspis longirostris (black line scale)[1]
Pinnaspis buxi (bamboo mussel-scale)[1]
Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (false oleander scale)[1]

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Citations

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1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0