Dichopogon capillipes (Endl.) Brittan

Tuberous, perennial herb. Tubers ellipsoidal, c. 2–2.5 cm long, c. 9–11 cm from rootstock. Leaves c. 5–15, c. 15–30 cm long, 5–7.5 mm wide. Inflorescence paniculate, 5–8-branched, 90–120 cm long; sterile bracts 3 or 4, narrowly triangular, lowest c. 10 cm long. Flowers 2–4 per node; pedicels ascending, c. 1–2 cm long, articulated c. 3 mm below flower; bracts leafy, c. 3–4 mm long. Perianth segments 8–11 mm long. Sepals broadly linear, c. 3 mm wide; mucro c. 0.5 mm long. Petals elliptic, 4–5 mm wide. Anthers c. 4–5 mm long, purple; appendages 2, c. 1.5–2 mm long, dark purple; filaments 2–2.5 mm long, geniculate. Ovary c. 1.5 mm diam.; style c. 8 mm long. Capsule ± spherical, c. 4–5 mm diam., with ring of perianth tissue at base. Seeds ± spherical, 1–1.5 mm diam.

Grows in coastal Tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) forest, inland Wandoo (E. wandoo) forest and woodland, and Jarrah (E. marginata) forest.