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Haemodorum brevisepalum Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 6:420 (1873)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Bulbaceous, perennial, herb, 0.08-0.35 m high. Fl. black/brown-black, Sep to Dec. Sandy clay, clay, white or grey sand, granite. Seasonally-wet locations.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 170-240 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, glabrous, 190-250 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 4-8.5 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 4-5 mm long; pedicels present, 2-4 mm long; flowers 9-10 mm long. Perianth glabrous, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, black or brown, clearly with three inner and three outer tepals, the inner segments 7.5-8 mm long. Stamens three, in one level; filaments 0-0.3 mm long; anther 1.3-1.4 mm long, without an appendage. Style 7.5-8 mm long. Flowers in September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 18 January 2020

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Canning, Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Kalamunda, Kent, Murray, Northampton, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wickepin, York.