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Yellow Fortnight Lily
Yellow Fortnight Lily
Dietes bicolor
Also known as: Peacock Flower
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Freshwater wetland
Range
Sub-Saharan Africa
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

The Yellow Fortnight Lily is a clump-forming perennial plant with long sword-like evergreen pale green leaves. It can form large clumps if left undisturbed for years.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Dietes
Species
Dietes bicolor