Citation: Endl. in Lehm., Pl. Preiss. 2:37 (1846).

Synonymy: T. exasperatus F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:22 (1858).

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial; roots clustered, becoming swollen into tubers some distance from the stock; leaves usually several (5-27), 10-28 cm long, channelled, expanding into membranous wings at the base, ridged on the ventral surface, ridges and margins usually with tuberculate hairs.

Inflorescence 7-44 cm tall, scape terete, ridged, with tuberculate hairs on the ridges, branched above; branches bearing terminal umbels, 1-4-flowered, bracts 4-5 mm long, acute apices tending to be recurved; pedicels 8-17 mm long, erect in flower, recurved downward in fruit; perianth-segments 6.5-13 mm long; stamens 6, anthers equal to subequal, 2.5-4.5 mm long, dehiscing by full length slits; ovary with 2 ovules per cell.

Capsule globular to subcylindrical; seeds black with a yellow aril.

Published illustration: Brittan (1981) Brunonia 4:159, fig. 26; Brittan (1983) Australian Plants 12:80.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EA, NL, MU, SL.   W.Aust. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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