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Large Wild Iris

Dietes Grandiflora

Description:

White flower with purple and yellow. This can be distinguished from the D. iridioides by the dark markings at the base of the outer tepals.

Habitat:

Not native to this area but grows well

Notes:

aka Fairy Iris

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1 Comment

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

It looks like a variation of the African Iris, but has more petals.

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Jun 20, 2011
Submitted on Jul 20, 2011

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