The genus Moraea can be divided into five groups: Galaxia, Gynandriris, Hexaglottis, Homeria, and Moraea.
Moraea group species J-M are found on this wiki page.
Moraea index lists all the species in all five groups alphabetically.
The other species in the Moraea group are listed alphabetically on these wiki pages: Moraea group A – Moraea group B – Moraea group C-E – Moraea group F – Moraea group G-I – Moraea group N-R – Moraea group S – Moraea group T – Moraea group U-V
Moraea loubseri is a winter growing corm native to South Africa where is is found on limestone and calcareous sand in the southwest Cape. This specimen was grown in Northern California and the first photograph below is from Bob Rutemoeller. The second was taken March 2004 by Lee Poulsen, the third by Bill Dijk and the last by Alan Horstmann.
Moraea lugubris is found on mostly damp sandstone soils and it flowers in late winter into spring and has blue short lived flowers. The first photo by Bob Rutemoeller shows flowering plants in Gordon Summerfield's collection. The other photos were taken September 2003 by Bob Rutemoeller and Mary Sue Ittner in the Darling reserve, West Coast, South Africa.
Moraea lurida, another winter rainfall species, grows in rocky sandstone and granitic slopes in fynbos in the southwestern Cape. It blooms in spring, mainly after fire when the vegetation is cleared, giving it light. It is easily grown from seed and multiplies rapidly. The first photo was taken by Mary Sue Ittner (Northern California) and the second by Sheila Burrow (Western Australia) and the third by Audrey Cain (UK).
Photos by Cameron McMaster show many different color forms seen near Napier and in the Overberg.
Moraea macrocarpa is found on the northwest Cape where it grows in deep sand in arid fynbos. It flowers in spring. It is 8 to 12 cm. high and has short lived violet flowers with yellow nectar guides on the outer tepals. Photo by Audrey Cain.
Moraea macronyx is found on rocky sandstone slopes in the Cape Province. It has yellow and white short lived flowers with yellow spotted nectar guides and blooms in spring. Photos by Bob Werra.
Habitat pictures from the Komsberg in the Roggeveld. The first photo by Cameron McMaster and the second taken in the same place September 2006 by Mary Sue Ittner
Moraea muddii , a summer rainfall species, occurs in the higher grassland parts of the Amatola Mountains and in the northern parts of Kwa Zulu-Natal and up into Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. It is seldom taller than 40 cm., does not form clumps, and has a channeled narrow leaf 3-6cm wide. Flowers are pale yellow with a darker yellow nectar guide. Habitat photos taken by Cameron McMaster in the Eastern Cape.
Galaxia – Gynandriris – Hexaglottis – Homeria A-J – Homeria K-Z – Moraea group A – Moraea group B – Moraea group C-E – Moraea group F – Moraea group G-I – Moraea group N-R – Moraea group S – Moraea group T – Moraea group U-V – Moraea index
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