- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 7:117-118 (1870)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Bulbaceous, perennial, herb, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. black/brown-black, Oct to Dec or Jan. Grey or black sand, peat, clay. Winter-wet swamps.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 110-660 mm long, 0.8-2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, glabrous, 460-1110 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 8-15 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 5.5-8 mm long; pedicels present, 4.5-8 mm long; flowers 8.5-10 mm long. Perianth glabrous, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, yellow, black or brown, clearly with three inner and three outer tepals, the inner segments 6.5-8 mm long. Stamens three, in one level; filaments 0.5-1 mm long; anther 2-2.3 mm long, without an appendage. Style 5-6 mm long. Flowers in October, November or December. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Jarrah Forest, Warren and Esperance IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Wandering.