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Perianth pink, orange, or yellow. Plants with only 1 or 2 leaves from the base of the stem; cauline leaves sometimes present Moraea
Only one well developed leaf from the base of the stem
Style crest minute and obtuse or absent. Bracts on flowering stems 6–7 cm long. Flowers yellow, sometimes with orange centre or all orange. Staminal tube glabrous, anthers 5–8 mm long. Pasture, roadsides and disturbed areas. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. spring Moraea ochroleuca