Common name: Garland Lily
Calostemma purpureum R.Br. APNI* Synonyms: Calostemma carneum Lindl. APNI*
Calostemma luteum Sims APNI*
Description: Clump-forming herb; bulb usually 2–6 cm diam.
Leaves linear, to 60 cm long, 5–18 mm wide.
Scape to 50 cm long; umbel 10–30-flowered; involucral bracts 2–10 cm long, yellow, pink or purple; pedicels to 12–30 mm long. Perianth pink, purple or yellow rarely white, yellow or pink at base; tube 5–13 mm long; lobes 9–21 mm long. Corona 5–13 mm long, lobed, notched or truncate between filaments, pink or yellow. Anthers 1.5–3.5 mm long.
Capsule 6–14 mm diam.
Flowering: January–April
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in woodland and shrubland, often along watercourses and on seasonally flooded clay flats, and in rocky sites; west from Baan Baa - Gunnedah districts.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
C. luteum is treated as a synonym of this; it is said to differ in having larger yellow flowers and is sometimes treated as a separate species for this reason (e.g. Telford 1987). However, there appears to be much overlap in size and colour of flowers - further study is needed.
Text by G. J. Harden & N. Frischknecht (1993); edited KL Wilson (Oct 2007; April 2009; April 2012)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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