Moraea doleritica Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Moraea

Characteristics

Plants 350-450 mm high. Corm unknown. Stem with (1)2 or 3 branches from penultimate node, bearing a solitary sheathing leaf 45-55 mm long, attenuate, ± dry and light brown midway through flowering. Foliage leaf solitary, linear, fibrotic, falcate, longer than stem, narrowly channelled, 2-3 mm wide when opened flat. Rhipidial spathes pale grey-green, dry and light brown in upper half, attenuate, with fine white nerves evident, inner 50-65 mm long at anthesis, outer ± half as long, inner elongating after flowering to enclose ripening capsules. Flowers fugaceous, pale yellow, outer tepal limbs with deeper yellow nectar guides at base with fine dark dots; outer tepals obovoid-pandurate, 25-27 mm long, limbs ± 20 mm long, claws of both whorls ± 6 mm long, ascending to form narrow cup including lower half of filament column, limbs spreading and twisted through ± 45º distally, inner tepals ± 22 x 7 mm. Filaments 7-8 mm long, united for most of their length in smooth, cylindric column, free and diverging in upper 0.7 mm; anthers ± 8 mm long before anthesis, 5-6 mm after releasing pollen, then tips arching inward, exceeding style branches, yellow; pollen yellow. Ovary cylindric, usually exserted, ± 12 mm long; style branches ± 4 mm long, crests ± linear, erect, ± 1.5 mm long. Capsules and seeds unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.45
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Moraea doleritica world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77136569-1
WFO ID wfo-0001338472
COL ID 44C4R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Moraea doleritica