• Cape blue tulip moraea

Moraea polystachya

  • Families: Iridaceae Iridoideae Irideae
  • English name: Cape blue tulip moraea
  • Plant ID : 1506

  • Author : (Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828)) John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1764-1842)
  • Zone : South Africa
  • Biological type : bulb
  • Adult size (h x w) : 2,30f x 0,98f
  • Sun exposure : full sun
  • Evergreen : deciduous in summer
  • Growth : fast
  • Hardiness : 23°F
  • Leaf color : dark green
  • Flower color : mauve
  • Formerly of wild origin : no
  • Native : no
  • In danger : no
  • Edible : no
  • Precipitation : 500mm-900mm
  • FrostResistance >-5°C : yes
  • Gravelly soil : very much
  • Sandy soil : a little