Iridaceae

Style branched; capsules with more than 2 seeds per loculus Iridaceae

Perianth segments free or connate basally into a tube less than 3 mm long

Filaments connate into a tube

Perianth not blue; whorls subequal. Stylar branches entire or 2-toothed at the apex

Perianth pink, orange, or yellow. Plants with only 1 or 2 leaves from the base of the stem; cauline leaves sometimes present Moraea

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Two well developed leaves from the base of the stem. Flowers pink, yellow or white with triangular yellow nectary guides dotted with green in centre. Staminal tube swollen and pubescent at base; anthers c. 2 mm long. Pasture, roadsides and disturbed areas. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. summer. Two-leaved Cape Tulip Moraea miniata

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Only one well developed leaf from the base of the stem