Dietes robinsoniana

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}}

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|image = Dietes robinsoniana HunterRBG.jpg

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|genus = Dietes

|species = robinsoniana

|authority = (C.Moore & F.Muell.) Klatt

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=327951 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms =

• Moraea robinsoniana (C.Moore F.Muell.) & Benth.
• Iris robinsoniana C.Moore & F.Muell.

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Dietes robinsoniana, the Lord Howe wedding lily, is found naturally only on Lord Howe Island, Australia.{{cite web |title=Dietes robinsoniana|work= PlantNET - NSW Flora Online|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dietes~robinsoniana}} It grows on cliff faces, often in exposed locations. It is also Found on forest margins and the tops of Mount Gower and Mount Lidgbird and behind the beaches on Lord Howe Island. It is one of the world's most intriguing and remarkable biogeographic disjunctions, with its nearest phylogenetic relatives occurring in Africa.{{citation |url=http://biostor.org/reference/12254 |doi=10.2307/2398817 |title=Systematics, Phylogeny and Evolution of Dietes (Iridaceae) |journal=Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden |year=1981 |volume=68 |pages=132–153 |author=Peter Goldblatt|issue=1 |jstor=2398817 }}

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This is the largest plant in the genus Dietes. It does not tolerate cold temperatures.Cundall. P., (2008) Native Plants:The definitive guide to Australian plants, Global Book Publishing Lane Cove, N.S.W, page 65, {{ISBN|978-1-74048-027-7}} It is an uncommon plant, though it may be locally abundant in certain sites. Growing up to {{convert|1.5|m}} tall, the leaves are sword-shaped or linear, 4 to 7 cm wide. Flowering occurs from September to December. The flowers are white with yellow, lasting for one day only.

• [https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackdiamondimages/2216777975/ Link to a flower photo:]

It produces flat triangular seeds in a roundish shaped capsule, 3 to 4 cm long. The black seeds are around 10 mm long.

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