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Haemodorum laxum R.Br.
Bloodroot

Reference
Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 300 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Bulbaceous, perennial, herb, 0.6-1.4 m high. Fl. black/brown/green-brown, Oct to Nov. Grey or yellow sand, clay, gravel, laterite. Dry or seasonally damp situations.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 90-250 mm long, 2-5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, glabrous, 990-1020 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 8-25 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 7-11 mm long; pedicels present, 2.5-7 mm long; flowers 11-12 mm long. Perianth glabrous, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, black or brown, clearly with three inner and three outer tepals, the inner segments 9-10 mm long. Stamens three, in one level; filaments 0.5-1.2 mm long; anther 3.2-5.6 mm long, without an appendage. Style 10-11 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Warren 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, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Esperance, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Northam, Perth, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, York.