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{{Taxobox
| name = Wandflower
| image = Sparaxis-IMG 8734.jpg
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Iridaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Sparaxis]]''
| species = '''''S. tricolor'''''
| binomial = ''Sparaxis tricolor''
}}
[[Image:Sparaxis-IMG 8733.jpg|thumb|300px|Sparaxis plants]]
[[Image:Sparaxis-IMG 8847.jpg|thumb|300px|Sparaxis plants]]

'''''Sparaxis tricolor''''', also known as the '''Wandflower''', '''Harlequin flower''' or '''Sparaxis''', is a [[bulb]]-forming [[perennial plant]] that grows in well-drained sunny soil. It gained its name from its extremely colorful flowers which are bi or tri-coloured with a golden centre and a small ring of brown surrounded by another colour.