- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 44 (1840)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Bulbaceous, perennial, herb, 0.4-1.8 m high. Fl. green & brown & yellow, Oct to Dec. Grey or black sand, gravel, clay.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 110-750 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, glabrous, 1430-1460 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 10-15 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 9-11 mm long; pedicels present, 5-10 mm long; flowers 9-11 mm long. Perianth glabrous, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, green, black or brown, clearly with three inner and three outer tepals, the inner segments 7-9 mm long. Stamens three, in one level; filaments 0.5-0.8 mm long; anther 3.2-3.5 mm long, without an appendage. Style 5.5-6 mm long. Flowers in October, November or December. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain and Jarrah Forest IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cambridge, Chittering, Cockburn, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Northampton, Perth, Stirling, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Williams, York.