Flowers in Israel: Yellow Wild Iris
Dietes bicolor, Iris bicolor, Moraea bicolor, Yellow Wild Iris, Peacock Flower, Butterfly Iris,
Hebrew: דיאטס דו- גוני
| Scientific name: | Dietes bicolor (Steud.) Sweet ex Klatt | |
| Synonym name: | Iris bicolor Lindl., Moraea bicolor Steud. | |
| Common name: | Yellow Wild Iris, Peacock Flower, Butterfly Iris | |
| Hebrew name: | דיאטס דו- גוני | |
| Family: | Iridaceae, Iris Family, אירוסיים |
 |
| Life form: | Bulb, rhizomatous evergreen perennial | |
| Stems: | Up to 70cm tall | |
| Leaves: | Fan-shaped clumps of narrow, sword-shaped, basal, evergreen leaves | |
| Inflorescence: | Branched flower stalks with large supply of buds | |
| Flowers: | Three cream tepals with dark brown blotches at the bases and three petal-like staminoids that lack blotches | |
| Fruits / pods: | Obovoid capsule | |
| Flowering Period: | Spring and summer | |
| Habitat: | xx | |
| Distribution: | Throughout the country | |
| Chorotype: | South Africa | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Dietes, Greek dis, two or twice, etes, a year; ‘for two years’. Some suggested from dis and etes ‘a fellow, neighbour, mate, associate’, possibly referring to the petals or because this genus resembles both Iris and Moraea (Umberto Quattrocchi). bicolor, two-coloured.
 |