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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Asphodelaceae
Tricoryne elatior

Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 278 (1810).

Synonymy: T. tenella R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 278 (1810).

Common name: Yellow rush-lily.

Description:
Stems erect, slender, wiry, 10-40 cm long, branched.

Umbels 2-6-flowered, with short scarious bracts at the base of the flowers; perianth 6-8 mm long, the segments oblong, yellow above, greenish below, the beard on the filament golden.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 187.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: especially Oct. — Feb.


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