Moraea verdickii De Wild.
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Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Between Chimbonila and Lichinga, Niassa.
Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Between Chimbonila and Lichinga, Niassa.
Photo: Tomas Buruwate
Between Chimbonila and Lichinga, Niassa.
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Perennial herb up to 75 cm high, growing from corms. Basal leaf solitary, linear, 8-12 mm wide, shortly longer than the stem, channeled or flat. Stem erect, simple, with 2-3 widely spaced sheathing leaves, 9-11 cm long, green with a dry brown apex. Flowers yellow with deeper yellow-brown nectar guides on outer tepals; outer tepals mostly 60-75 mm long; inner tepals 40-70 mm long, lanceolate, erect. |
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Derivation of specific name:
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verdickii: named after Edgard Antoine Auguste Verdick, Belgian-born plant collector in Katanga. |
Habitat:
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In rocky grassland,along forest margins and in light woodland. Also in seasonally wet areas. |
Altitude range: |
Above 1200 m |
Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
Worldwide distribution:
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Eastern Angola, Shaba-DRC, Southwestern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
Mozambique distribution:
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N,Z,T |
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Endemic status:
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Spot characters:
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Content last updated: |
Monday 23 February 2015 |
Literature:
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Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 208 - 209. (Includes a picture).
Goldblatt, P. (1993). Iridaceae Flora Zambesiaca 12(4) Page 20.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 116.
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Moraea verdickiiMansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops:
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Moraea verdickii
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-19
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2019).
Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Moraea verdickii. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=182030, retrieved 17 February 2019
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