Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Small Fortnight Lily

Dietes iridioides

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document Features
PlantZAfrica
Jan. 1, 2026, 8:31 a.m.
  • Drought-resistant
  • Easy to grow
  • Medicinal
  • Semi-shade
  • Shade
  • Sun
  • Bulb
  • Soil: loam
  • Color data
  • Flowering data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping
May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
  • Good garden plant
  • Semi-shade
  • Shade
  • Perennial
  • Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

  • By Amada44 (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Dietes_iridioides_001.jpg)
  • no rights reserved, uploaded by Scott Edmunds source
  • (c) Marian Oliver, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marian Oliver source
  • (c) Wynand Uys, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wynand Uys source
  • (c) riana60, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by riana60 source
  • (c) zethembiso, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by zethembiso source
  • (c) Richard Gill, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Richard Gill source

Sources and references

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