Species Moraea virgata
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Moraea:
Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Etymology of virgata:
From the Latin virgatus meaning 'striped' or more typically a ‘twig / switch’; typically referring to slender branches with few or no leaves
Scientific name:
Moraea virgata Jacq.
Common names:
Pypievolstruisuintjie
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Synonym of:
Unknown
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Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 20--85 cm. Leaves 2 or 3, linear, channelled and trailing. Flowers pale to deep yellow, tepals forming a tube below and ovary subsessile. Capsules narrowly ellipsoid, enclosed in the spathes. Mainly Sept.--Nov. Shale and granite soils, rarely sandstone, NW, SW, AP, LB, SE (S Namaqualand and W Karoo to Port Elizabeth).
Observations of Taxon
Moraea virgata
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/12/2016 - 10:52am
Collection:
Moraea virgata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Moraea virgata
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
04/12/2006 - 4:22pm
Collection:
Moraea virgata
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
25/11/2006 - 7:42pm
Collection: