Herb up to 1.7 m high. Basal leaves 60–100 cm long. Inflorescence with a few short appressed branches, flowers 2–2.5 cm apart. Primary bracts 1.6–2.5(–3) cm long, membranous to dry, reddish. Flowers pale pink to magenta, zygomorphic. Perianth tube 3–4 cm long, curved; lobes 2.8–3.5 cm long, 1.2–1.6 cm wide. Stamens asymmetrically arranged to one side of the flower; anthers c. 12 mm long, dark purple; staminodes absent. Style shorter than perianth. Capsule ovoid-cylindric, c. 3 cm long. Bulbils absent. Flowers Oct.–Nov.
VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, DunT, EGL, HSF. Also naturalised in WA, SA, NSW. Native to the south-western Cape Province of South Africa. A garden escape which is locally established on roadsides and in dry sclerophyll forest in the South Belgrave area.
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.
