Family: Amaryllidaceae
Calostemma luteum
Citation:
Sims, Curtis's Bot. Mag. 46:t. 2101 (1819).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Yellow garland lily.
Description:
Bulb globular, to 6 cm diam., covered with thin brown tunics; leaves linear, developing to some length after the flowering and 4-8 mm broad.
Scape cylindrical, 14-45 cm high; flowers 8-20 in the umbel, yellow, on pedicels to 25 mm long, the whole perianth 20-25 mm long, of which the tube occupies about half; bracts 3, 2-3 cm long, longer than the pedicels.
Capsule c. 1 cm diam.
Published illustration:
Williams (1980) Native plants of Queensland, p. 55.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: LE, GT, FR, MU. Qld; N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: April, May and Sept.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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