Botanical name
Moraea fugacissimaFamily
IridaceaeCommon Name
Clock FlowerSynonym (old name)
Galaxia fugacissimaDescription
Stemless, cormous geophyte up to 6cm. Leaves several, linear to terete, usually erect, channelled below. Flowers yellow, fragrant, in a basal tuft, tepals widely cupped; style exceeding the anthers, stigmas fringed.
After: Dr Johan Moraeus, Squire of Shrewsbury in the 18th century.
Habitat
Wet sand and clay flats.
Flower Date
July to September