Burchardia monantha Domin

Species

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Characteristics

Plant 20-34 cm tall. Basal leaf 1. Scape unbranched; bracts usually 3; lowest bract relatively short, broad, obtuse, sheathing; upper 2 bracts smaller, 5-10 mm long, opposite, subopposite or up to 1 cm apart, ±acute, not sheathing, pink or pinkish green. Inflorescence of 1 terminal flower, 30-65 mm above uppermost bract. Buds pink. Tepals at anthesis not distinctly clawed, pale pink, with a deeper pink abaxial mid-stripe; nectaries absent. Anthers 3.5-4.5 mm long, yellow. Capsule not thickened on angles.
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Grows in eucalypt woodland and occasionally in swampy sites.
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Images

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Distribution

Burchardia monantha world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532309-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762539
COL ID 5X5S9
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Synonyms

Burchardia monantha