Moraea angusta

Image: © Tony Rebelo

Description

Plant is 20-40 cm high. It has iris-like flowers from palish-yellow to brownish, sometimes flushed with mauve. The species name means slender or narrow which relates to its single rigid leaf. The stem is unbranched and the nodes sticky. Habitat is rocky sandstone flats and slopes.

Propagation instructions - seeds

Seeds are best sown during autumn.

Sources and references

Scientific name

Moraea angusta

Common name(s)

Features

Vegetation types

Genus

Moraea

Family

Iridaceae