Wurmbea biglandulosa flower2 - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

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Description: Native, cool season, perennial, herb 4–30 cm tall. Leaves 3; lower is filiform to linear; upper 2 are dilated at the base. Flowerheads are 1–6-flowered spikes. Flowers are all bisexual or lower bisexual and upper male, occasionally all male. Tepals are 8–10 mm long and white, with 2 pink, raised nectaries per tepal. Stamens are half to a third as long as tepals and have red or purple anthers. Flowering is in spring. Grows in forest, in disturbed grassy places, creek banks and rocky ridges. Date: 12 September 2008, 09:56. Source: Wurmbea biglandulosa flower2. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia.