Devil's Fishing Rod (Dierama pulcherrimum)

Devil's Fishing Rod, a reference photo — Photo: Jim Linwood from London · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Dierama pulcherrimum, angel's fishing rod, is a species of flowering plant in the iris family Iridaceae, native to the southeastern Cape Provinces of South Africa. Growing to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall by 0.5 m (1.6 ft) broad, it is an arching evergreen perennial with drooping rosy pink bell-shaped flowers in summer.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Devil's Fishing Rod being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Dierama latifolium
Dierama robustum
Dierama dracomontanum
Dierama mossii
Dierama igneum

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Dierama
Species: Dierama pulcherrimum

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