Dierama pulcherrimum

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|image = Dierama Pulcherrimum Flowers (Angel's Fishing Rod), Savill Garden.jpg

|genus = Dierama

|species = pulcherrimum

|authority = (Hook.f.) Baker{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:436856-1|title= Dierama pulcherrimum (Hook.f.) Baker|author=|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=July 24, 2020}}{{cite web|url= http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000789329|title= Dierama pulcherrimum (Hook.f.) Baker|author=|date=n.d.|website=World Flora Online|publisher=The World Flora Online Consortium|access-date=July 24, 2020}}

|synonyms =

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• Dierama longiflorum G.J.Lewis
• Sparaxis pulcherrima Hook.f.

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|synonyms_ref = {{citation

|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-327929

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|accessdate=4 December 2015}}

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Dierama pulcherrimum, angel's fishing rod, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae, native to South Africa. Growing to {{convert|1.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|0.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} broad, it is an arching evergreen perennial with drooping rosy pink bell-shaped flowers in summer.{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/5838/Dierama-pulcherrimum/Details | title = Dierama pulcherrimum | website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 14 December 2020}}

It was introduced to British gardeners in 1866 by the Yorkshire botanist James Backhouse. Common names include angel's fishing rod, hair bell, and wand flower.{{citation | url = http://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/143395 |author=Luis Martin |title=Dierama pulcherrimun - New Crop Summary & Recommendations |year=2012|hdl=11299/143395 }} It is hardy but requires a sheltered position in full sun.

The Latin specific epithet pulcherrimum means "most beautiful".{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}