Moraea pavonia

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 Moraea pavonia subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Moraea pavonia, Ker (Iris Pavonia, Linn. f.). Outer segms. without a distinct claw, orange-red, with a blue-black or greenish black spot at the glabrous base: lvs. narrow, linear, usually pilose: spathe-valves scariose at the tip. B.M. 1247. Var. villosa, Ker (Iris villosa, Ker). Lvs. pilose: outer segms. bright purple, with a blue-black spot and a hairy claw. B.M. 571 (Iris villosa). Var. lutea, Baker. Lvs. glabrous: fls. yellow, unspotted. B.M. 772 (Moraea tricuspis var.lutea). Cape Colony, southwest district.—In M. Pavonia and M. glaucopis the inner segms. have a large central cusp and 2 lateral lobes, while in M. tricuspis the inner segms. have 3 large cusps.


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