Moraea collina
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Homeria collina, Vent. (Morsea collina, Thunb.). Corm globose, ¾ -l in. diam.: If. linear, rigid, 1 ½ -2 ft. long, overtopping the fls.: st. bearing 1-4 clusters of fls.; perianth-limb l ¼ -1 ½ in. long, typically bright red. Var. aurantiaca, Baker, has a slenderer habit and yellow-clawed, bright red segms. which are narrower and more acute than the type. Var. ochroleuca, Baker, has the habit of the type and pale yellow fls. The other species of Homeria are as follows: H. elegans, Sweet. Outer segms. tawny, the others or sometimes all 6 yellow, the 3 outer with large green or yellow-brown blotch in middle.—H. lineata. Sweet. Fls. copper-red, with small yellow-dotted blotch at base inside.—H. maculata, Klatt. Fls. yellow, the segms. with a greenish claw and greenish blotch above the base.—H. mineata, Sweet. Fls. tawny or fulvous-red throughout.—H. pallida. Baker. Fls. pale yellow.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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