Radinosiphon is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae first described as a genus in 1932. It is native to southern + south-eastern Africa. The genus name is derived from the Greek words radinosus, meaning “slender”, and siphon, meaning “tube”.
Growing to 50cm with several narrow basal leaves and 4-12 pink green to purple flowers per stem flowering in the summer.
USDA Zone – 8
Season to Sow – Spring
Photos with credit to the late Rod and Rachel Saunders, eminent experts on South African indigenous flora.
