Moraea flaccida

Image: © Geoffrey Cox

Description

Flowers are usually orange or salmon pink in colour with yellow centres with six elongated petals. The flowers can occasionally be entirely yellow with a slightly dark centre. Each flower also has three stamens with yellow anthers (8-11 mm long) and an ovary topped with a three-branched style.

Sources and references

Scientific name

Moraea flaccida

Common name(s)

One-leaf Cape Tulip

Features

Vegetation types

Genus

Moraea

Family

Iridaceae