This is another case where taxonomists have been busy at work switching things around to try to make more sense. They recently combined the genera Barnardiella, Galaxia, Gynandriris, Hexaglottis, Homeria, and Roggeveldia into a single genus, Moraea. All were or are in the family Iridaceae.

  • Moraea cedarmontana, syn. Gynandriris cedarmontana - small white flowers with yellow centers which open in late afternoon. Native to stream banks and sandy soils. It blooms in the spring.
     

  • Moraea contorta, syn. Gynandriris anomala - grows on stony clay flats. Native to South Africa.
     

  • Moraea pritzeliana, syn. Gynandriris pritzeliana -  a spring blooming species with two leaves that are coiled and dark blue flowers with cream centers. It is found on sandstone and clay soils. Native to South Africa.
     

  • Moraea setifolia, syn. Gynandriris setifolia - has small blue flowers that open early afternoon and close by late afternoon. Found on sandy and gravelly flats and slopes. Sometimes confused with Moraea elliotii.
     

  • Moraea simulans syn. Gynandriris simulans - blooms in late spring-summer. Native to South Africa.
     

  • Moraea sisyrinchium, syn. Gynandriris sisyrinchium - flowers mid to late spring. Flowers don't open unless the day is warm and often not until late afternoon and they do not last very long. Native to the Mediterranean Region.

 

 
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