- 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.
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.
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.