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Serpentine Moraea

Moraea serpentina

Also called Serpentine Peacock Iris

Serpentine Moraea
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0
Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
W. & C. Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Moraea serpentina is a flowering plant species in the genus Moraea. It is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape of South Africa.

Where it grows

Moraea serpentina is found from Namaqualand to the Olifants River Valley.

Other Moraea plants

Blue Eye Flappie · Matrix Uintjie · Tar Tulp · Cape Tulip · Threadstalk Tulp · One-leaf Cape tulip · Lunch Clockflower · Moraea garipensis · Crisp Tulp · Great Flappie · Granite Tulp · Moraea hexaglottis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Moraea serpentina 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.

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