Herbs 4–17 cm high, monoecious. Leaves 3, linear, the lowermost without expanded sheathing base, 3–8 cm long, 1.5–2 mm wide. Flower solitary (rarely twinned); tepals narrowly ovate, 5–7 mm long, very shortly fused basally, spreading, white; nectaries 2 per tepal situated about one-third from base, narrow, marginal, prominently thickened, white; stamens from two-thirds to three-quarters as long as tepals, anthers yellow; ovary 2–3 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Jan.
GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, CVU, GGr, EGL, EGU, HSF, OtR. Also SA, NSW, Tas. An uncommon species, mostly from moist, heathy lowland sites (e.g Portland, Halls Gap, Bairnsdale, Wangarabell near Genoa), with an isolated upland record from Mt Hedrick, north of Maffra.
Source:
Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 637–686. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
