Citation: Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1:308 (1812).

Synonymy: H. collina (Thunb.)Salisb. var. ochroleuca (Salisb.)Baker, Fl. Capens. 6:28 (1896).

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial 40-70 cm high; corm c. 2 cm diam.; leaf solitary, near-basal, 60-100 cm long, 6-15 mm wide, lax, trailing; stem branched, with bracts 6-7 cm long.

Spathes 6-8 cm long, the outer bract half the inner; flowers golden-yellow, sometimes orange in the centre, unpleasantly scented; perianth-segments obovate, 3-4 cm long, 1.5-1.7 cm wide, spreading to form a broad shallow cup; filaments connate in a tube, c. 9 mm long, glabrous; anthers 5-8 mm long, free, divergent from the base; ovary 1.3-1.6 cm long; style branches 3, divergent, 6-7 mm long; stigmas broad, 2-lobed, above the anthers; style crests absent or vestigial and obtuse.

Capsules 2-4 cm long with an obtuse beak c. 1 mm long.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Nov.

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

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