Moraea fugax

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Moraea fugax (D.Delaroche) Jacq.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)

Iris edulis L.f. (taxonomic synonym)
Moraea edulis (L.f.) Ker Gawl. (taxonomic synonym)
Vieusseuxia fugax D.Delaroche (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (11), WAH_2022_1 (3), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (1), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 27 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (1) [sources: Yang_2023]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 20 mm (15-25 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 1200 mm (1200-1200 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): strap-shaped (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): geophyte (1); herb (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3); woody (1) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (3) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (1) [sources: SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.6 m (0.45-0.75 m) [sources: SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	10	11	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_1	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_1	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Yang_2023	1	1	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.