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Moraea tulbaghensis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Iridaceae > Genus: Moraea

Moraea tulbaghensis

One of the Peacock moraeas, Moraea tulbaghensis, flowering in spring with Rain daisies (Dimorphotheca pluvialis) behind, near De Brug, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Moraea tulbaghensis Moraea tulbaghensis

Moraea tulbaghensis flowering in spring near De Brug, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Moraea tulbaghensis, probably a hybrid with Moraea villosa ssp. villosa, flowering in spring in the Elandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Moraea tulbaghensis
Leaf beetles (Galerucella trilobata), feeding on a flower of Moraea tulbaghensis, Spitskop, Swartland, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]