Plants of the UNF Campus
Dietes bicolor - Yellow African iris
Family Iridaceae
Description:
The genus Dietes
has an odd distribution with five species in Africa
and one on remote Lord Howe Island near Australia. This
species is a iris-like herbaceous plant native to southern Africa.
The evergreen foliage is about eighteen to twenty-four inches tall. In late
summer, it produces yellow, iris-like flowers with a dark brown center. It has
withstood temperatures in the high teens F.
Location:
See this plant on the northwest corner of Building 1 and in the Outtakes Plaza.
Size:
Herbaceous plant with leaves to about twenty-four inches tall.
Care Instructions:
Light: full sun
Water: drought tolerant when established
Soil: adaptable, no special requirements
In north Florida,
this is a rugged landscape plant that thrives in sunny, dry sites.
Dietes bicolor
Yellow African iris
Iridaceae
The genus Dietes
has an odd distribution with five species in Africa
and one on remote Lord Howe Island near Australia. This
species is a iris-like herbaceous plant native to southern Africa.
The evergreen foliage is about eighteen to twenty-four inches tall. In late
summer, it produces yellow, iris-like flowers with a dark brown center. It has
withstood temperatures in the high teens F.
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See this plant on the northwest corner of Building 1 and in the Outtakes Plaza.
Herbaceous plant with leaves to about twenty-four inches tall.
full sun
drought tolerant when established
adaptable, no special requirements
In north Florida,
this is a rugged landscape plant that thrives in sunny, dry sites.
