Corm c. 1 cm diam. Leaves glabrous, very narrowly ovate to linear, terete near apex, up to 7 cm long, 1–2(–5)mm wide; margin hyaline. Flowers solitary, sessile, yellow, scented. Perianth tube 1–2.4 cm long; lobes obovate, apiculate, 1.4–1.8 cm long, 4–8 mm wide; outer perianth sometimes tinged with purple. Style terete, slender, stigmatic lobes 3 exceeding or appressed to anthers. Stem of fruiting plants elongating up to 12 cm long, erect, terete, c. 1 mm wide. Flowers Aug.–Sep.
VVP, VRiv, WaP, Gold, CVU. Apparently not naturalised in other Australian states. Native to the Cape Province of South Africa. Noted in Victoria only from Bendigo, Broadford, Dunkeld and Wedderburn districts where occurring in seasonally wet sites.
Flowers open briefly and usually only in full sunshine.
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.
