Moraea inconspicua flower from above

Seen from above, the Moraea inconspicua flower comprises three concentric components, all blade-like and spreading.

The smallest and palest are the three broad style branches on top with yellowish central stripes and a pair of small tip protuberances resembling hippo ears, where the stigmas reside.

Below the style are the three inner tepals, alternating with the style branches to be visible from above. These tepals are smaller than the outer ones and less marked, mainly greyish in the basal cup part of the corolla, before the point where the tepals flex down.

The three outer tepals are largest with most colour, positioned lowest of the three layers in picture. They are dark-spotted in their basal areas, more or less flexed.

All the tepals are broadly round-tipped with tiny, centrally protruding tips. The flower is only about 1,5 cm in diameter (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Manning, 2007; Moriarty, 1997; iNaturalist).