Native to southern Africa. In Australia, recorded for Victoria where it was known from a few historical records in South Yarra, and is now presumed to be extinct in that state (Messina 2014). Cooke (1986: 36) reported it (as Hexaglottis virgata (Jacq.) Sweet) being recorded as a garden escape in Victoria in 1930, but not collected since.
Vic.: Domain, South Yarra, 24 Dec. 1929, P.R.H. St John, s.n. (MEL).
Cooke, D.A. (1986). Iridaceae, in George, A.S. (ed.), Flora of Australia 46: 1–66. (Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra).
Messina, A. (2014), updated by Stajsic, V. (2016). Moraea virgata, in VICFLORA - Flora of Victoria: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/6fd51aa7-6da3-424e-bc99-87349db6c145 [accessed 23 October 2020).
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Cite this profile as: P.G. Kodela. Moraea virgata, in P.G. Kodela (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Moraea%20virgata [Date Accessed: 18 March 2025]