Haemodorum spicatum

Haemodorum spicatum is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family native to south Western Australia.[1]

Haemodorum spicatum
Iconographia generum plantarum (Endlicher)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Haemodorum
Species:
H. spicatum
Binomial name
Haemodorum spicatum
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]

Haemodorum edule Lehm. ex Endl.

Description

The leaves are terete or elliptical and 12-59 cm long and 1-5 mm wide. There are no bristles or hairs on the leaf margin, nor on the surface of the leaf, which is smooth. The flower scape is smooth and 65-77.5 cm long. The inflorescence is subtended by a bract 25-45 mm long, and has several flowers on stems 2-2.5 mm long. The flowers are 11-14 mm long with a smooth, radially symmetrical perianth which is uniformly coloured, yellow, red or reddish-brown to purple, black, brown or yellowish brown, with three clear inner and three outer tepals. There are three stamens on a single level. The filaments are 1-1.2 mm long with anthers 2-2.7 mm long, and not having an appendage. The style is 10-12 mm long. It flowers in October, November, December or January.[1]

References
  1. "Florabase: Haemodorum spicatum". Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). FloraBase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. Brown, R. (1810) Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 300
  3. Govaerts, R. et. al. (2018) Plants of the world online: Haemodorum spicatum. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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