Citation: N.E. Br., Kew Bull. 1929:139 (1929).

Synonymy: Vieusseuxia bellendenii Sweet, Hort. Brit. 395 (1827); M. pavonia Ker Gawler, var. lutea Baker, Fl. Cap. ens. 6:24 (1896).

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial 50-90 cm high; corm c. 2 cm diam.; leaf solitary, narrowly linear, lax, 60-100 cm long, to 1 cm wide, glabrous; stem few-branched, glabrous.

Spathes elliptic, herbaceous with attenuate scarious apices, the outer bract 3-4 cm long, the inner one 5-7 cm long, enclosing 2 or 3 flowers; flowers pale-yellow, marked with brown in the centre; outer segments with erect bearded brown-streaked claws c. 1 cm long and patent or ascending obtuse laminae 1.4-2 cm long; inner segments 8-10 mm long, 3-fid, brown-speckled, the middle lobe attenuate, coiled obliquely inwards, the lateral lobes shorter and obtuse; filaments three-quarters connate; style branches c. 6 mm long, whitish, with narrowly triangular crests 3-6 mm long.

Capsule clavate, c. 1.5 cm long, erect.

Distribution:  On roadsides in forest. S.Aust.: SL.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct., Nov.

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

Biology: No text

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