Aristea abyssinica
Aristea abyssinica
- Native to:
- Burundi | Cameroon | DR Congo | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Kenya | Lesotho | Malawi | Nigeria | Rwanda | South Africa | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe
iNaturalist: © lizevonstaden (iNaturalist #35634926)
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Iridaceae
- Genus:
- Aristea
- Species:
- Aristea abyssinica
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Geophyte
- Height:
- 60 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Medium
- Bloom Months:
- jan,feb,mar,nov,dec
- Bloom Colors:
- blue, violet
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Wildlife Value:
- bees, butterflies
- Deer Resistant:
- Yes
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Grassland species that resprouts from rhizomes after fire, typical of African montane grassland fire ecology.