Corm up to 2.5 cm diam. Stem unbranched or with 1–4 erect branches. Leaves 5–8, erect, linear, 20–60 cm long, 2–6 mm wide. Inflorescence few to many-flowered, flowers distichous, openly spaced to crowded. Primary bracts obtuse to very shortly toothed, 3–7 mm long, translucent, whitish, often faintly veined. Flowers white or pale blue to mauve-pink, base of the lobes often a contrasting colour. Perianth tube thread-like, 0.6–1.4 cm long; lobes spreading from base, 1–2.5 cm long, 5–9 mm wide, with apex obtuse. Staminal filaments free, 3–4 mm long; anthers 4–7 mm long. Ovary 2–3 mm long; style branches spreading below anthers, recurved, 3–4 mm long. Flowers Nov.–Dec.
VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, DunT, NIS, EGL, HSF, Strz. Also naturalised in WA, SA, NSW, Tas. Generally a weed of abandoned gardens and dumped garden refuse near towns.
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.
