Species Moraea fugax
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Range:
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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 fugax:
From the Latin ‘fugax’ / ‘fugax’ meaning ‘fleeting’
Scientific name:
Moraea fugax (D. Delaroche) Jacq.
Etymology applies to:
Common names:
Soetuintjie
Hottentotuintjie
Localities:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Synonym status:
Cormous geophyte, 12--80 cm, branches often crowded. Leaves 1 or 2, inserted well above ground, linear, channelled, often trailing. Flowers blue, white or yellow, fragrant, ovary and capsules beaked. Aug.--Nov. Deep sands and rocky sandstone and granitic soils, NW, SW, AP, LB (Namaqualand to Swellendam).
Observations of Taxon
Moraea fugax
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Moraea fugax
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Moraea fugax
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/12/2016 - 10:36am
Collection:
Moraea fugax subsp. filicaulis
Name of observer:
Fay Anderson (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Moraea fugax subsp. fugax
Name of observer:
Fay Anderson (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown