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|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
|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
|familia=Iridaceae
|genus=Dietes
|genus=Dietes
|species=bicolor
|species=bicolor
|min_temp=°F
}}
}}
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==
