Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Romulea rosea var. australis
Common name
Onion Grass, Guildford Grass
Family
Iridaceae
Where found
Woodland, grassy areas, roadsides, waste spaces, and wetlands. Widespread.
Notes
Introduced perennial herb, arising annually from a swollen round underground stem (corm). Flower stalks 2–5, 0.03–0.12 m long, hairless. Leaves basal, 8–65 cm long, 0.5–3 mm wide, dumbell- to cross-shaped in cross section, grooved, tough, fibrous, surfaces shiny, hairless, margins entire, tips pointed. Flowers tubular, the tube 2–4 mm long, yellow or orange, with 6 lobes, each 10–20 mm long, pale to bright pink or rosy purple, rarely white, with a yellow centre; the outer 'petals' dark-striped or greenish outside. Flowers single. Flowering: August–November.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Romulea~rosea (accessed 5 February, 2021)
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