Burmannia disticha L. APNI* 
Description: Erect herb to c. 70 cm high with 1–3 unbranched leafy peduncles, ± glabrous.
Leaves spreading in a basal rosette, smaller and more erect up peduncle; linear to lanceolate or elliptic, 1–13 cm long, 2–10 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate and sometimes with glandular hairs, lamina sessile and stem-clasping with a sheathing base.
Inflorescence of usually 1 pair of monochasial cymes; each branch up to 15-flowered and 0.6–7 cm long; peduncle 2–13 cm long; flowers ± sessile; bracts 3–11 mm long. Perianth 8–30 mm long, blue with yellow bands; tube 8–30 mm long, 3–8 mm diam., 3-winged; lobes 0.5–3 mm long.
Capsule ellipsoid to ovoid, 3-ridged 6–20 mm long.
Flowering: throughout year.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in shaded sites, in swamps and wetlands, chiefly in coastal districts; north from Gosford, inland to Torrington.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by D. J. Bedford & A. J. Whalen
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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