Moraea albicuspa

Moraea albicuspa, sometimes called the whitetip uintjie and previously scientifically M. jarmilae, is a cormous perennial that grows leaves and a flower stalk annually from a corm covered in a fibrous tunic. The plant tends to form substantial clumps, possibly making it easier to spot them in the grass. They do, however, reach up to 60 cm in height. 

Several strap-shaped leaves without midribs are grown.

Different pollination options exist, depending on the available insect types in the various ecological mixes where the plants occur. These plant-insect pairings have influenced and still influence the evolution of Iridaceae and particularly Moraea flower structures. This results in wide variety of flower shapes among these plants in South African vegetation on mountain, desert, fynbos and scrubland.

The species distribution is on mountains of KwaZulu-Natal, the Eastern Cape and Lesotho.

The habitat is high elevation, moist grassland. M. albicuspa has a stable population deemed of least concern early in the twenty first century (Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; Wikipedia; www.pacificbulbsociety.org; http://redlist.sanbi.org).