Distribution Map

Moraea galpinii

As at April 2024, 7 herbarium specimens

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: NE2, Endemic to Limpopo Mpumalanga Eswatini Escarpment centre of endemism
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Moraea galpinii - Tunics of corm prolonged into erect fibres several cm above ground. Leaves one or two, narrow, wiry, furrowed, up to 60 cm long. Flowering axis much shorter, c 20 cm long, stiffly erect with single flower cluster. Perianth yellow, outer segments up to 5—6 cm long x 2—2,5 cm wide, inner up to c 4 cm long x 1,3 cm wide; style branches c 2,5 cm long, forked halfway up into two broad pointed lobes.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.