Although pretty, they are dangerous to live-stock, hence animals do not eat them. (Impala lily we find in Kruger is also poisonous to animals).
The interesting fact is that porcupines love them, especially the bulbs as they are immune to its toxins.
Bulb: Karoo Iris (moraea polystachya)
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Kaapsedraai
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Bulb: Karoo Iris (moraea polystachya)
Contrasting the rocky-sandy-grass plains on the Rooiplaat loop in the Mountain Zebra National Park was this beautiful purple coloured flower - Karoo Iris (moraea polystachya)
Although pretty, they are dangerous to live-stock, hence animals do not eat them. (Impala lily we find in Kruger is also poisonous to animals).
The interesting fact is that porcupines love them, especially the bulbs as they are immune to its toxins.
Although pretty, they are dangerous to live-stock, hence animals do not eat them. (Impala lily we find in Kruger is also poisonous to animals).
The interesting fact is that porcupines love them, especially the bulbs as they are immune to its toxins.
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Re: Bulb: Karoo Iris (moraea polystachya)
Beautiful Kaapsedraai 
"Fatal beauty"
"Fatal beauty"
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2022 jun1st to jul 3rd Shimuwini Shipandani hide (New) Mopani Punda Maria Pafuri Border camp (New) Makuleke Shingwedzi Satara Berg & Dal (New) Tuli block