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Dierama

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Dierama species (Iridaceae) are cormous plants that form grass-like clumps and produce graceful, hanging, bell-shaped flowers.

There are roughly 44 species of these iris relatives, all native to Africa. Distribution is centred in the summer rainfall region of southern Africa, particularly Natal, but they also occur from Cape Province to Ethiopia. About 10 species are cultivated, of which the white, pink or purplish-flowered Dierama pulcherrima is the most common. In the wild, the mostly hanging flowers can only be pollinated by agile bees. In South Africa, they are known as "hairbells", but in the west, more fancifully as "angel's fishing rods" or "fairy wands".

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