Iridaceae

African lily

Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt

Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Dietes

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African lily: A dew-flecked Yellow Wild Iris (Dietesbicolor) bloom between two buds. — Photo: Mazarbulrin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

Afrikaans: Poublom
Chinese: 双色离被鸢尾, 双色野鸢尾, 褐斑离被鸢尾
English: African lily, Fortnight lily
Hungarian: Kétlaki kaffernőszirom
Japanese: ディエテス・ビコロル

Synonyms

Iris bicolor Lindl.
Moraea bicolor Steud.

Photos

Photo: Mazarbulrin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Fan Wen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.