Smallish grower from 8-20cm. Flowers on this are blue to mauve, though again white forms are known. Flowers in October into December. Moraea pseudospicata is a slender grower from 15-40 cm tall. It resembles Moraea crispa in structure and flower colour.
Flowers pale mauve blue.
In habitat Goldblatt reports this sometimes buries itself to a depth of 20cm below the soils surface. Flowers from November to March, so he reports. I don't know when this flowers in cultivation, for I don't grow it. For folks living in cold climates, please read John E. Bryan for Moraea advice. For a complete listing of article comments, questions, and other discussions related to Gary Buckley's Alpines and Bulbs topic, please visit the Discussions page .