Moraea verdickii
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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: | Native |
| Description: |
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. |
| Type location: |
DRC, Shaba |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | verdickii: named after Edgard Antoine Auguste Verdick, Belgian-born plant collector in Katanga. |
| Habitat: | In rocky grassland,along forest margins and in light woodland. Also in seasonally wet areas. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Above 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Eastern Angola, Shaba-DRC, Southwestern Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | N,Z,T |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 23 February 2015 |
| Literature: |
Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 208 - 209. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 128. 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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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Moraea verdickiiAfrican Plant Database: Moraea verdickii
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Moraea verdickii
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