Moraea vegeta

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Family Iridaceae

Taxonomy: Moraea vegeta L.

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Moraea juncea L. (misapplied)

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

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (13), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (14), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 15 traits from 40 records in 8 datasets.

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

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 225 mm (100-350 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7 mm (5-9 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_lanceolate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_glaucousness (categorical): glaucous (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
storage_organ (categorical): corm (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): polyhedral (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.23 m (0.1-0.3 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	11	14	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/.
ABRS_2023	10	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	2	2	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.