Corm up to 2 cm diam. Leaves 7–30 cm long, 0.7–1.8 cm wide. Inflorescence 7–15-flowered, arranged on a slightly flexuose axis. Primary-bracts dry and membranous, dark brown. Flowers zygomorphic, cream-coloured, finely dark-veined. Perianth tube 1–1.5 cm long, expanded evenly from base; lobes 1.5–2.5 cm long, each lobe straight with apex spreading; adaxial lobe wider than other lobes. Stamens asymmetrically arranged to one side of flower; anthers yellow. Flowers Oct.–Nov.
Wim, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, HSF. Naturalised all States except NT. Native to South Africa. Forms colonies on roadsides and in disturbed bushland, noted at e.g. Avenel, Violet Town, Mt Evelyn.
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.
