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Moraea collina Thunb.

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Moraea collina Thunb.
Moraea collina Thunb.

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Exotic
Recorded in error
New Zealand
Political Region

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Thunb.
Thunb.
ICN
Moraea collina Thunb.
species
Moraea collina

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asparagales
Iridaceae
Moraea
collina

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Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Homeria collina (Thunb.) Salisb.

Corm 1-2.5 cm diam., tunic fibrous, thick, dull dark brown, latticed. Stem < leaf, stiff, zigzag. Leaf single, strap-like, concavo-convex, arching over to trailing, 30-60- (90) cm long, ribbed, tough, adaxial surface bluish-green, abaxial surface shining green. Flowers ± 4 cm long, ± 5 cm diam., 2-4 in clusters enclosed in terminal membranous spathe-valves; lobes yellow-orange, orange-scarlet to salmon-pink, yellow at base. Capsule 4-5 cm × 5 mm, narrow-cylindrical, ± angled. Seeds many, c. 3 mm long, triangular, light brown.

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29 March 2016
10 November 2025
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