Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Libertia paniculata

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Richard Hartland, Cann River, Vic

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Tathra Wildlife Reserve near Tathra

Young seed cases and leaves. Photographer Daniel Ohlsen, © 2021 Royal Botanic Gardens Board, Melbourne, Vic

Common name

Branching Grass-flag

Family

Iridaceae

Where found

Forest and moist gullies. Coast and ranges.

Notes

Perennial herb. Rhizomatous. Hairless. Leaves basal, 20–60 cm long, 4–12 mm wide, linear, flat, grass-like. Scape cylindrical, shorter than the leaves. Flowers with 6 white 'petals'; outer 'petals' 6–10 mm long; inner 'petals' 8–13 mm long. Flowers in numerous clusters, each 3–6-flowered. Flowering: September–November. Seed case black when ripe, round, 3-furrowed, 5–8 mm in diameter.

Rare Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Libertia~paniculata (accessed 22 January, 2021)