Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Haemodorum corymbosum

Flowering stem. Photographer Don Wood, Beecroft Peninsula, Jervis Bay

Open seed cases. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park, Sydney

Leaves and flower stalk. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park, Sydney

Common name

A bloodroot

Family

Haemodoraceae

Where found

Dry forest, wet heath, and swamps. Coast and ranges north of Mogo.

Notes

Perennial herb to 1 m high. Basal leaves 3 or 4; 40–75 cm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, cylindrical or compressed. Flowers brown to black, 12–15 mm long, with 6 'petals' in 2 whorls, in one to several dense clusters of several to many flowers. Flowers Spring to Summer.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Haemodorum~corymbosum  (accessed 19 January, 2021)