Haemodorum spicatum R.Br.

Plant 50-200 cm tall. Basal leaves 1-5; lamina terete or compressed, 1-3 mm diam. Inflorescence raceme-like, branched or unbranched; flowers paired, the pedicels connate basally; bracteoles opaque and black or brownish black in centre, the veins obscure abaxially, the margins narrow, membranous, pale brown or whitish; upper bracteole acuminate, reaching ⅓-½ length of flower. Flowers 10-14 mm long, black, brownish black or yellowish brown. Sepals ⅔ to more than ¾ as long as petals. Stamens unequal, 1 slightly longer; anthers not versatile; lower anthers 1.6-2 mm long; upper anthers slightly below petal tip, 1.9-2.5 mm long. Style at anthesis exserted from petals.

Grows in eucalypt and banksia woodland, mallee and heathland, in dry and seasonally wet sites, with sandy and sandy clay soil, sometimes overlying laterite.

The bulbs are eaten raw or roasted. They have a mild onion flavour.

Plants can be grown from seed or bulbils.