Haemodorum spicatum facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Haemodorum spicatum |
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| Iconographia generum plantarum (Endlicher) | |
| Scientific classification | |
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Haemodorum
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| Species: |
spicatum
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
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Haemodorum edule Lehm. ex Endl. |
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Haemodorum spicatum is a plant in the Haemodoraceae family native to south Western Australia.
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.
