- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. xliv (1840)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.05-0.32 m high. Fl. white, Jul to Sep. Clay, granite, sandy loam, peat, wet. Seasonally-wet locations, granite outcrops.
Scientific Description
Leaves elliptical (leaves compressed), 40-180 mm long, 0.8-4 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, 60-345 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 15-40 mm long, with several flowers or one flower; floral bracts 9-16 mm long; flowers 14-24 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, white to cream, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 10-16 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1.3-3 mm long; anther 3-3.5 mm long, with an appendage. Style 2.2-3.2 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. 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, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Carnamah, Chittering, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Denmark, Dowerin, Gingin, Goomalling, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Kellerberrin, Kojonup, Manjimup, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Northam, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, York.