- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:28 (1846)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tuberous, perennial, herb, 0.05-0.2 m high. Fl. white-purple, Jul to Oct. White, grey or yellow sand, peat, clay loam, granite. Seasonally-wet locations, granite outcrops.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 60-185 mm long, 0.6-1.2 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, glabrous, 60-240 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 12-40 mm long, with one flower; floral bracts 5-9 mm long; flowers 9-14 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, purple, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 5-9 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; filaments 1-2 mm long; anther 1-1.8 mm long, with an appendage. Style 3.2-4 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. 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, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Chapman Valley, Collie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dalwallinu, Denmark, Esperance, Gingin, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Kent, Kojonup, Manjimup, Melville, Mingenew, Murray, Northampton, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Swan, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wandering.