Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 298 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Purple bells, Wilcannia lily.

Description:
Bulb globular, usually 2-4 cm diam., covered with thin brown tunics; leaves linear, developing to some length after the flowering and 4-8 mm broad.

Scape cylindrical, 14-50 cm high; flowers 8-20 in the umbel, usually reddishpurple, sometimes pink, on pedicels to 3 cm long, the whole perianth 15-18 mm long, of which the tube occupies up to half; bracts 3, purplish, striate, usually 2-3 cm long, about as long as the pedicels.

Capsule to 1 cm diam.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 190.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL.   N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: usually Jan. — April.

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

Biology: Two specimens from the NW resemble this species in colour, but in size and shape of the flower resemble C. luteum.

Author: Not yet available