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|botanic_name=Dietes bicolor

|familia=Iridaceae

|genus=Dietes

|species=bicolor

|common_name=Wild iris, African iris, Fortnight lily

|common_name=Wild iris, African iris, Fortnight lily

|habit=bulbous

|habit=bulbous

|min_height=24 in

|Min ht box=24

|max_height=36 in

|Min ht metric=in

|min_width=12 in

|Max ht box=36

|max_width=12 in

|Max ht metric=in

|Max wd box=12

|Max wd metric=in

|origin=S Africa

|origin=S Africa

|lifespan=perennial

|lifespan=perennial

|exposure=sun, part-sun

|exposure=sun, part-sun

|water=regular, infrequent

|water=moderate, dry

|features=evergreen, flowers, drought tolerant

|features=evergreen, flowers, drought tolerant, fire resistant

|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer

|flower_season=early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer

|flowers=yellow, brown, multicolored

|flowers=yellow, brown, multicolored

|min_temp=°F

|Temp Metric=°F

|min_zone=9

|min_zone=9

|max_zone=10

|max_zone=10

|image=Fortnight Lily.jpg

|image=Fortnight Lily.jpg

|image_width=240px

|image_width=240

|familia=Iridaceae

|min_temp=°F

|genus=Dietes

|species=bicolor

{{Inc|

Moraea bicolor, Steud. Habit of M. iridioides: fls. 2 in. across, yellow, with beautiful brown spots on the outer segms.; style-crests yellow: lvs. 1½-2 ft. long: sts. 1-2 ft. long: style-crests small. Cape Colony, southeast district. B.R. 1404. L.B.C. 19:1886. P.M. 9:29 (all as Iris bicolor). R.B. 33:21.

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Dietes bicolor (variably known as African iris or Fortnight lily) is a clump-forming rhozomatous perennial plant with long sword-like pale-green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump.

 

[[Dietes]] bicolor (variably known as African iris or Fortnight lily) is a clump-forming rhozomatous perennial plant with long sword-like pale-green leaves, growing from multiple fans at the base of the clump.

==Cultivation==

==Cultivation==