Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Haemodorum planifolium
Common name
A bloodroot
Family
Haemodoraceae
Where found
Dry forest and shrubland. Coast, ranges, and tablelands.
Notes
Perennial herb to 1.3 m high. Basal leaves 5–8; 25–100 cm long, 2–12 mm wide, flat. Flowers blackish, 11–16 mm long, with 6 'petals' in 2 whorls. Flowers in 3–5 dense, widely divergent clusters of several to many flowers.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Haemodorum~planifolium (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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