Posted by Richard Wright on October 31, 2008, 6:52 pm
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
Posted by Loosecanon on November 1, 2008, 1:59 am
> 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
Not sure but it looks like some of these
http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&q=homoglossum&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi .
I
think these have been reclassified as Gladiolus.
Posted by Peter on November 1, 2008, 6:36 am
Cannot see how many stamens there are. If 6, try Liliaceae; if
3, try Iradiaceae - (or equivalents if you use APG taxonomy).
Looks a bit like a Clivia or Kaffir Lily (which is an
Iradiaceae).
Peter
> 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
Posted by Richard Wright on November 1, 2008, 6:06 pm
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:52:05 +1100, Richard Wright
>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/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&state=&s=&ibra=all&card=H20
The leaves on the specimen I found have been severely truncated by
lawn mowing.
Posted by Loosecanon on November 2, 2008, 4:10 am
> On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:52:05 +1100, Richard Wright
>>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/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&state=&s=&ibra=all&card=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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> 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