Species Moraea fugax
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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 fugax:
From the Latin ‘fugax’ / ‘fugax’ meaning ‘fleeting’
Scientific name:
Moraea fugax (D. Delaroche) Jacq.
Etymology applies to:
Common names:
Soetuintjie
Hottentotuintjie
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Synonym of:
Unknown
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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
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2012 - 4:44pm
Collection:
Moraea fugax
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2012 - 4:47pm
Collection:
Moraea fugax
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2013 - 4:36pm
Collection:
Moraea fugax
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2013 - 4:20pm
Collection:
Moraea fugax
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2013 - 4:51pm
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