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Family: Iridaceae
Dierama pendulum

Citation: Baker, d. Linn. Soc. (Bot.) 16:99 (1877).

Synonymy: Ixia pendula L.f., Suppl. 91 (1782); D. pulcherrirna sensu Jessop in J. Black, Fl.S. Aust. 369 (1979), non Baker. , Dierama pulcherrima

Common name: Harebell.

Description:
Perennial to 1.2 m high; corm 3-4 cm diam.; leaves numerous, arching, 40-80 cm long, 4-9 mm wide, glabrous, with numerous fine parallel veins.

Scape terete, arching to 1.5 m long; spikes 2-5-flowered; spathe bracts acuminate, 2-2.5 cm long, pale, becoming torn; flowers pink, bell-shaped; perianth tube c. l cm long; lobes ohovale, 2-2.6cm long: anthers 8-10 mm long, dark; style branches slightly exceeding the anthers, 4-5 mm long.

Capsule c. 7 mm diam.

Published illustration: Innes (1985) The world of Iridaceae, t. 39.

Distribution:  An uncommon garden escape on roadsides in moist sites.

S.Aust.: SE.   N.S.W.   Native to South Africa.

Conservation status: naturalised

Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.


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