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Haemodorum gracile

Haemodorum gracile
Photo: NSW811719 collected by Kenneally, K.F. on 1985-08-24, CC BY 4.0
Family
Haemodoraceae (Haemodor family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
N. Western Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Haemodorum gracile is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to Western Australia, and was first described by Terry Desmond Macfarlane in 1987.

It is a bulbous perennial herb, growing from 0.4 to 0.65 m high, on sands and sandy clays in the west Kimberley region of Western Australia. Its red/brown flowers are seen from August to November.

Other Haemodorum plants

Queensland Blood Lily · Haemodorum brevicaule · Haemodorum brevisepalum · Scarlet Bloodroot · Rush Leaf Bloodroot · Haemodorum discolor · Moorland Bloodroot · Haemodorum ensifolium · Haemodorum laxum · Strap Leaf Bloodroot · Haemodorum simplex · Bloodroot

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haemodorum gracile by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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