Moraea lewisiae

Stem flexuose, rigid. Basal leaves 1–3, 40–80 cm long, 0.2–0.4 cm wide. Inflorescence with scape erect, few-branched, with numerous sheathing primary bracts and numerous flower clusters ± closely appressed to the axis. Primary bracts herbaceous to dry and brown; ‘inner’ bract extending beyond the ‘outer’. Perianth parts bright yellow with outside of segments in outer whorl green, c. 2 cm long, 5–7 cm wide, not fused at base to form perianth tube. Staminal filaments united basally; anthers exposed, erect. Style branches deeply divided, forming 6 filiform arms. Capsule exserted beyond the primary bracts. Flowers Nov.–Dec.