- Reference
- Fl.Australia 45:464 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Bulbaceous, perennial, herb, 0.45-1.2(-2) m high. Fl. black/brown-black/green, Nov. Grey or yellow sand, gravel.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 220-300 mm long, 5-9 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, glabrous, 650 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 7-10 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 10-12 mm long; pedicels present, 2.5-7 mm long; flowers 10-13 mm long. Perianth glabrous, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, green or black, clearly with three inner and three outer tepals, the inner segments 9.5-10 mm long. Stamens three, in one level; filaments 1.5-1.7 mm long; anther 4.2-5.3 mm long, without an appendage. Style 9-10 mm long. Flowers in November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Kalamunda, Swan, Three Springs.