Citation: Ker Gawler, Ann. Bot. (Koenig & Sims) 1:228 (1804).

Synonymy: Gladiolus lineatus Salisb., Prod. Chapel Allerr. 40 (1796).

Common name: Lined tritonia.

Description:
Perennial 30-60 cm high; corm to 2 cm diam.; leaves 4-8, erect, linear to lanceolate, 7-30 cm long, 7-14 mm wide, dark-green, with 3 or 5 prominent pallid veins.

Scape exceeding the leaves; flowers 7-15; spathes scarious, brown, the outer bract 8-12 mm long; perianth zygomorphic, cream with fine dark veins; tube funnel-shaped, 1-1.5 cm long; lobes oblong to oblanceolate, straight with spreading tips, 1.5-2.5 cm long, subequal with the dorsal lobe wider than the others; stamens unilateral; filaments curved, c. 1 cm long; anthers 7-9 mm long, pale; style exceeding the stamens; branches narrowly cuneate, c. 4 mm long.

Distribution:  On roadsides and in forest.   W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   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

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