Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Diplarrena moraea

Flowers. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Tas

Seed cases. Photographer Natalie Tapson, Tas

Flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer A McWhirter, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Common name

White iris

Family

Iridaceae

Where found

Forest and heath. Ranges and tablelands south from Tallaganda National Park. Coastal south of Pambula.

Notes

Tufted perennial herb to 1 m high, rhizomatous. Basal leaves 10–70 cm long, 5–10 mm wide, linear, sword-shaped, flat, surfaces dark green to slightly glaucous, hairless, finely striate. Stem leaves alternating up the flower stalks, small. Flowers white with 6 'petals', the outer 'petals' white, broad, 25–35 mm long inner 'petals' usually purple-tinged or finely purple-veined, often at least partly yellow inside, smaller. Flowering: October–January

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Diplarrena~moraea (accessed 12 January, 2021)