Arthropodium sp. Albury (A.D.J.Piesse 9) APNI* Synonyms: Dichopogon sp. A sensu Harden (1993) APNI*
Arthropodium 3 sensu J.G. Conran (1994) Flora of Victoria 2: 660 APNI*
Description: Erect herb to c. 0.5 m high; roots to 5 cm long ending in fusiform tubers.
Leaves 5–20, ± erect, linear to lanceolate, 10–25 cm long, 3–5 mm wide, margins finely ciliate, bases surrounded by leaf fibres.
Inflorescence racemose 20–50 cm long; sometimes branched, with short leafy bracts at the base of each branch; flowers usually 2–9 per node; pedicels erect, 5–8 mm long, articulate c. 2 mm from flower; bracts lanceolate. usually 6–15 mm long. Tepals 6–14 mm long, usually ± purple; outer tepals 2–4 mm wide; inner tepals 4–8 mm wide. Anthers 3–5 mm long, purple; appendiges 2, 0.5–1.5 mm long, usually yellow; filaments 1.7–3 mm long, geniculate in upper part. Style 3.5–6 mm long.
Capsule ± globose, 4–8 mm diam., initially enclosed by perianth.
Flowering: September–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland and open country on a range of soils and aspects. J. G. Conran, S. McCune & D. W. Hardin
NSW subdivisions: SWS, ?NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. ?S.A.
Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
Text by Treated as Dichopogon sp. A in Fl. NSW.
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