Moraea verdickii De Wild.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Moraea

Characteristics

Plants 45-75 cm. high.. Corm ± 2 cm. diameter, tunics of coarse pale or dark brown fibres.. Cataphylls pale to dark brown, dry, broken and becoming fibrous above.. Foliage leaf solitary, shortly exceeding the stem, linear, channelled or flat, 4-12 mm. wide.. Stem unbranched, with 2-3(-4) widely spaced sheathing leaves, these dry and brown apically, 9-12 cm. long.. Rhipidium single, spathes green, dry and brown apically, inner 9-15 cm. long, outer ± 2/3 as long as the inner.. Flowers yellow with deeper yellow nectar guides on the outer tepals.. Outer tepals lanceolate, (5-)6-7.5(-10) cm. long, the limb 3-5 cm. long; inner tepals erect, lanceolate, 4.5-7 cm. long.. Filaments 1.1-1.6 cm. long, free in the upper third; anthers 1-1.4 cm. long.. Ovary 1.5-2.5 cm. long, usually exserted; style-branches 1.7-2.5 cm. long, crests 1-1.7 cm. long.. Capsules obovoid, 2.5-3.5 cm. long.
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Flowers yellow with deeper yellow nectar guides on the outer tepals; outer tepals (50)60–75(100) mm long, lanceolate, the limb 30–50 mm long; inner tepals 45–70 mm long, lanceolate, erect.
Foliage leaf solitary, shortly exceeding the stem, 8–12 mm wide, linear, channelled or flat; sheathing leaves 2–3(4) usually widely spaced, green with a dry brown apex, 9–11 cm long.
Rhipidium single, terminal; spathes green with a dry brown apex, the inner 9–15 cm long, the outer c. two-thirds as long as the inner.
Ovary 15–25 mm long, usually exserted; style branches 17–25 mm long, crests 10–17 mm long.
Filaments 11–16 mm long, free in the upper third, anthers 10–14 mm long.
Corms c. 20 mm in diameter; tunics of coarse pale or dark-brown fibres.
Cataphylls pale to dark-brown, dry, broken and becoming fibrous above.
Plants 45–75 cm high.
Stem erect, simple.
Capsules unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.45 - 0.75
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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 verdickii world distribution map, present in Angola, Mozambique, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:440322-1
WFO ID wfo-0000784937
COL ID 44CD5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Moraea ventricosa f. verdickii Moraea verdickii Moraea ventricosa f. witteana