🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 2 Nov 2008 18:10:52 +0900, "Loosecanon"
<loosecanon@iinet.net.au> wrote:

>
>"Richard Wright" <richwrigREMOVE@tig.com.au> wrote in message 
>news:bjkpg49duvujm5asu2jr32gh9f317l5bio@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:52:05 +1100, Richard Wright
>> <richwrigREMOVE@tig.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>>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
>

You are right - the flower is scarlet. 

I agree the search must go on.

To assist this I have posted a photo of the flower that shows more
detail.

The length of each petal is 9 mm. Note the brown base to the three
lower petals.

http://www.box.net/shared/static/zscyia95m1.jpg