Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 297 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Stem 30-80 cm high, rigid, leafy to the middle; leaf blades grass-like, flat, 7-15 mm broad, scabrid on the margins and the keel; bulb ovoid, surrounded by numerous black bulbils.

Spathe 2-valved, shorter than the few or numerous flowers; flowers ovoid, dark- or reddish-purple in a dense globular or loose head, with or without bulbils; pedicels hidden or exposed; perianth-segments 5-8 mm long; stamens enclosed; lateral lobes of the inner filaments much longer than the central lobe.

Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available