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Haemodorum sparsiflorum F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. 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.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 June 1994

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.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 18 January 2020

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.