Scientific Name: Diplarrena moraea

Common Name: white flag-iris

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Iridaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.75

Flowers: White and yellow with purple lines on tall stalks.

Fruit: Papery capsule – 3-lobed, cylindrical, found at the end of old flower stems. Capsule contains numerous flattened seeds, red-brown when ripe.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationDry Eucalypt ForestHeath
Habitat Notes

Widespread in sandy, peaty or rocky places. Common in a wide range of situations, coastal dunes and scrub, heaths, rocky banks, under light forest cover and on the margins of wet sclerophyll forest, sea level to about 1000m.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Bird attracting. Low flammability. Has been identified as being used in traditional Palawa basket weaving.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Dry until capsules open, clean by sieving.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Treatment Notes

Germinates readily.

Germination Time

3- 80 days