Thysanotus gracilis R.Br.

Rhizome c. 1-2 cm diam.; roots fibrous. Leaves annual, few, narrowly lanceolate, 5-9 cm long. Stems to 40 cm long, leafless, usually once or twice dichotomously branched. Umbels 1-or 2-, rarely 4-flowered; pedicels 7 mm long, articulated near base. Perianth segments 10 mm long. Sepals linear-oblong, c. 2.5 mm wide. Petals elliptic, c. 5 mm wide; fimbriae 2.5 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers equal, c. 5-6 mm long. Style 5 mm long. Seeds ±ellipsoidal, 2 mm long, 1.5 mm diam.; aril pale yellow.

Grows in eucalypt open woodland in lateritic to loamy soils, and in shallow soils over granite.