Leaves glabrous, 20-40 cm long, 2-6 mm wide, margins scabrous. Scape 50-100 cm tall, branching into a broad dichotomous panicle, tomentose. Floral hairs red to rich purple, rarely yellow. Perianth straight, 25-35 mm long; lobes 8.5-12.5 mm long. Anthers 1.5-2.6 mm long; filaments from 4-8 mm long in outer pair to 3-5.5 mm long in central pair. Style 25-35 mm long. Seeds 0.8-1.5 mm long.
Occurs in seasonally wet sand on drainage lines and depressions in dissected plateaus, growing in low heath and open mallee often with emergent Eucalyptus tetragona , Lambertia inermis or Banksia spp.
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