- Reference
- Nov.Stirp.Dec. 4:27 (1839)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. white, Aug to Nov. Black sand, peat, sandy clay. Seasonally-wet areas, swamps.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 55-280 mm long, 1.2-2.5 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf present or absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 80-430 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 25-60 mm long, with several flowers or one flower; floral bracts 10-17 mm long; flowers 11-19 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, white to cream, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 7-13 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 2-3.5 mm long; anther 2.3-5 mm long, with an appendage. Style 2.5-3.5 mm long. Flowers in August, September, 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, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Irwin, Kalamunda, Kent, Kojonup, Kwinana, Manjimup, Mingenew, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo, Waroona.