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ID requested on scarlet lawn weed
"Richard Wright" wrote in message ... On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:52:05 +1100, Richard Wright wrote: This plant with scarlet flowers is currently (early summer) growing in a Sydney park. The environment is regularly mown lawn. The plant is growing among buffalo grass, and the leaves look for all the world like that grass. The leaves have only ribs, so I guess it is a monocot. There is a hazel nut sized, but oval shaped, brown corm at the base of the stem. What is this plant? http://www.box.net/shared/static/ipl86k6m2j.jpg Thanks to Peter and Loosecannon. Following those leads, I now think it is a variety of Moraea miniata. See, for example: http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weed...all&car d=H20 The leaves on the specimen I found have been severely truncated by lawn mowing. To be honest I have that one growing on my property and it is more of an orange/pink flower whereas your photo shows the flower as red. Even though a lawnmower has gone over it the leaf structure is different. I originally thought is could be a Babiana and even a Tritonia but the reds in Babiana are different and Tritonia's don't appear to come in red. The search goes on I think.... Richard |
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