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Haemodorum simplex Lindl.

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 44 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Bulbaceous, perennial, herb, 0.2-0.65 m high. Fl. black/brown-black, Sep to Dec. Clayey loam, sandy loam, white, grey or yellow sand, winter-wet. Swampy sites.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 June 1994
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Scientific Description

Leaves flat, 110-260 mm long, 1-2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, glabrous, 320-510 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-17 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 4-6 mm long; pedicels present, 2.7-3.5 mm long; flowers 7-10 mm long. Perianth glabrous, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, black or brown, clearly with three inner and three outer tepals, the inner segments 6-8.5 mm long. Stamens three, in one level; filaments 1-1.5 mm long; anther 2-2.2 mm long, without an appendage. Style 4.5-5 mm long. Flowers in September, October, November or December. 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, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Denmark, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Kalamunda, Kojonup, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Northam, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, Woodanilling, York.