Greek di – two, and etes – kin; referring to its resemblance to both Iris and Moraea.
Tufted evergreen perennial herbs with rhizomes. Leaves flat, sword-shaped, 2 ranked in fans. Stem erect, branched, with a few shorter leaves and sheathing spathes. Flowers erect, radially symmetrical, appearing from spathes one at a time. Perianth tube absent; all segments spreading, the outer ones larger than inner. Stamens free. Style branches petal-like, smaller than the inner perianth segments.
6 species in southern Africa and Lord Howe Island.
Seed or division.
Large evergreen tussocks of flat leaves; flattened Iris-like flowers without a perianth tube cf. Iris, Moraea.
Goldblatt (1981b).
Source: (2005). Iridaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.