Plants › iris family
Large Fortnight Lily
Dietes grandiflora
26 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Stinking irisIris foetidissima
Yellow Fortnight LilyDietes bicolorStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| South Africa | 802 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 411 |
| Western Cape | 368 |
| United States | 219 |
| New South Wales | 196 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 152 |
| Victoria | 133 |
| Gauteng | 127 |
| Eastern Cape | 115 |
| New Zealand | 53 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales |
| Family | iris family · Iridaceae |
| Genus | Fortnight Lilies · Dietes |
Study it in a deck
- Plants of Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Plants of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Large Fortnight Lily with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.