WorldFloraDB - Moraea inyangani

Characteristics

Flowers pale-yellow with deeper yellow nectar guides on the outer tepals; outer tepals to 25 mm long, lanceolate, claw about 10 mm long, limb 15 mm long, slightly reflexed; inner tepals 15–20 mm long, lanceolate, erect.

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Foliage leaf solitary, longer than the stem, c. 3 mm wide, linear, channelled; sheathing leaves 3(4), imbricate, green, 5–8 cm long.

Rhipidium single, terminal; spathes green with a dry apex, the inner 5–8 cm long, the outer slightly shorter than the inner.

Ovary c. 14 mm long, oblong, exserted; style branches 8–9 mm long, crests about 4–8 mm long.

Filaments 4 mm long, united in the lower two-thirds, anthers c. 6 mm long.

Corms to 10 mm in diameter; tunics of fine pale straw-coloured fibres.

Cataphylls brown, usually irregularly broken.

Stem erect, unbranched.

Plants 15–30 cm high.

Capsules unknown.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter)	-
Mature height (meter)	0.15 - 0.3
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Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

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Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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

Conservation status

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:440171-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000784780
COL ID	44C75
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
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Synonyms

Moraea inyangani

WorldFloraDB 2024

Moraea inyangani Goldblatt

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Moraea