Flower. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: MS Ittner, South Africa

Flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: B Rutemoeller, South Africa

Common Name

Two-leaved Cape Tulip

Family

Iridaceae

Notes

Perennial forb to 60cm tall, the leaves growing annually from a corm. Leaves basal, with a sheath at the base, 20-100cm long, 5-15mm wide, flat, hairless. Leaflike bracts alternating up the flower stems, 30-50mm long. Flowers orange-pink or white, with 6 'petals', in open groups at the tops of the flowering stems. Declared plant in SA. Noxious weed Vic.

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Moraea~miniata

Weeds of Australia Biosecurity Queensland Edition description: http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Html/Moraea_miniata.htm