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sparse infestation in a dry rocky site (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of flowers and strap-like leaves (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
comparison of small-flowered onion grass (Romulea minutiflora), left, and thread iris (Moraea setifolia), right (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Moraea setifolia (L. f.) Druce
Synonyms
Gynandriris setifolia (L. f.) R.C. FosterIris setifolia L. f.Moraea xerospatha MacOwan ex BakerMoraea xerospatha MacOwan ex Baker var. monophylla J.M. Black
Family
Iridaceae
Common Names
thread iris
Origin
Native to south-western Africa (i.e. western South Africa).
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in the temperate and semi-arid regions of southern Australia (i.e. in many parts of inland New South Wales, in Victoria, in large parts of South Australia and in southern and western parts of Western Australia).
Notes
Thread iris (Moraea setifolia) is regarded as an environmental weed in Western Australia, Victoria and South Australia.
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