Species Moraea karooica
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There aren’t any identifications of Moraea karooica.
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 karooica:
From the Khoisan/Khoekhoe word garo /karo / !garo-b = 'desert' or 'hard'; referring to the inland semi-desert Karoo region of South Africa
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Long etymology:
Cormous geophyte, 15--30 cm. Leaf usually solitary, occasionally 2, usually clasping stem below. Flowers salmon with a yellow centre, tepal claws forming a shallow cup, anthers exserted on a slender filament column. Sept.--Oct. Clay soils in renosterveld, NW, KM (Ceres to Barrydale and W Karoo).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Moraea karooica.