Herb 25–70 cm high. Basal leaves c. 50–60 cm long. Inflorescence unbranched, flowers c. 1.5–2.5 cm apart. Primary bracts 1.0–2.5 cm long, green below, dry and brownish above. Flowers red-orange to purple or pink, zygomorphic. Perianth tube 3.5–4.5 cm long, curved in basal half; lobes c. 1 cm long, 5–6 mm wide, hardly spreading. Stamens asymmetrically arranged to one side of the flower; anthers c. 5 mm long, yellow; staminodes absent. Style shorter than perianth. Capsule fusiform, 1.5–2.5(–3.0) cm long. Bulbils absent. Flowers Oct.
VRiv, GipP, CVU. Also naturalised in WA. Known from grassy woodland on roadside near Benalla.
Description based on Goldblatt (1989) and single Victorian collection.
Source:
Conn, B.J. (1994). Iridaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 686–716. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
