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Moraea bellendenii
Also called Partridge Uintjie
Moraea bellendenii is a species of plant in genus Moraea that was named after John Bellenden, the English botanist.
It is common in the Western Cape on sandy slopes and flats, this yellow flowered cormous geophyte is usually 50 – 100 cm high, multi-branched, with a solitary leaf. The outer tepals of the flowers are 22 – 33 mm long and the inner tepals tricuspidate, 8 – 10 mm long. It flowers from October to November.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Moraea bellendenii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
