Iridaceae
Bokmakierie's tail
Witsenia maura
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Witsenia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Afrikaans
- Waaiertjie, Bokmakierieblom
- Arabic
- ويتسينية
- Catalan
- Witsenia
- Chinese
- 金木鸢尾属
- English
- Bokmakierie's tail
- Greek
- Βιτσενία, Witsenia, Βιτσενία η μαύρη
- Italian
- Witsenia
- Portuguese
- Witsenia
- Spanish
- Witsenia
Synonyms
- Antholyza maura L.
- Ixia disticha Lam.
- Witsenia tomentosa Salisb.
Photos
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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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.