Aristea ecklonii

Aristea ecklonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Aristeoideae
Genus:	Aristea
Species:	A. ecklonii
Binomial name
Aristea ecklonii Baker 1877
Synonyms[1]
Aristea dichotoma Eckl. ex Klatt 1866 not (Thunb.) Ker Gawl. 1827 Aristea lastii Baker Aristea paniculata Pax Aristea cyanea De Wild. 1921 not Aiton 1789 Aristea maitlandii Hutch. published without description Aristea stipitata R.C.Foster

Aristea ecklonii (common names: blue flies, blue stars, blue-eyed iris, blue corn-lily^[2]) is a plant species in the Iridaceae, first described in 1866. It is native to central and southern Africa from South Africa north to Cameroon and Tanzania.^{[1][3][4][5][6]} The plant is an evergreen perennial with small, blue flowers, growing in clumps with upright, grass-like leaves 15-18 in (38–46 cm) in height.^[2]

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Floridata entry
3. Lebrun J.-P. & Stork, A.L. (1995). Énumération des Plants à Fleurs D'Afrique Tropicale 3: 1-341. Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève.
4. Goldblatt, P. (1996). Iridaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-89.
5. Geerinck, D (2005). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi) Iridaceae: 1-102. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.
6. Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.: i-vi, 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.