Sparaxis tricolor
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Sparaxis tricolor, known by the common names wandflower,<ref>Template:PLANTS</ref> harlequin flower, and sparaxis, is a bulb-forming perennial plant that grows in well-drained sunny soil. It gained its name from its colorful flowers which are bi- or tri-coloured with a golden centre and a small ring of brown surrounded by another colour.
The plant is native to the northern Bokkeveld Escarpment in the west-central Cape Provinces of South Africa.<ref name = powo>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is present in California and Australia<ref name=APNI>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as an introduced species after having escaped from garden cultivation.