Citation: Klatt, Abh. nat. Ges. Halle 15:399 (1882).

Synonymy: R. columnae sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 206 (1943), non Sebast. & Mauri.

Common name: Lesser Guildford grass, small-flowered onion-grass.

Description:
Corm with obliquely flattened base and a short fibrous neck; leaves 5-12, 6-20 cm long, 0.5-1.2 mm wide, 4-grooved and resembling a maltese cross in section, glabrous, shiny.

Scapes 2-4, 2-5 cm long; outer bract 6-10 mm long, herbaceous, often with a brown-blotched scarious margin; inner bract 5-9 mm long, scarious, brown-blotched; flower 8-15 mm long, slightly exceeding the spathe; perianth tube 2-3 mm long, dull-yellow; perianth lobes elliptic, obtuse, 5-9 mm long, pale-pink to lilac, the outer 3 greenish on the reverse; stamens 3.5-6 mm long, pale-yellow.

Capsule broadly cylindric, 1-1.5 cm long; seeds c. 1 mm diam., reddish-brown.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 193.

Distribution:  Locally common in pastures, lawns and roadsides. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Sept.

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

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