Common name: Lilaeopsis
Lilaeopsis polyantha (Gand.) H.Eichler APNI* Synonyms: Lilaeopsis gunnii A.W.Hill APNI*
Crantzia polyantha Gand. APNI*
Lilaeopsis australica A.W.Hill APNI*
Description: Perennial herb, glabrous, with creeping rhizomes.
Phyllodes linear or subulate, 2–30 cm long, 2–4 mm wide, cylindrical or ± flattened, with thin septa.
Umbels 2–6-flowered; peduncle 10–30 mm long; bracts minute; pedicels 2–10 mm long. Petals usually purplish.
Fruit ± ellipsoid, 1.5–3.5 mm long, 1–2 mm wide; mericarps with acute dorsal and intermediate ribs and 2 obtuse corky lateral ribs.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Commonly grows on wet margins of lakes and streams west to Balldale.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, SWS
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A.
Text by J. M. Powell, except for genera with authors listed
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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