Thysanotus parviflorus Brittan

Rootstock small, enclosed by bracts and old leaf bases; roots fleshy. Leaves annual, 1 or 2, narrowly linear, terete, 10-25 cm long. Inflorescence simple to 4-branched; scape 14-25 cm long; umbels 4-6-flowered, paired, terminal; pedicels c. 8 mm long, articulated c. 3 mm from base, nodding in fruit and c. 10 mm long. Perianth segments 7 mm long. Sepals linear, 1.5 mm wide, mucronate. Petals broadly elliptic to circular, 5-6 mm wide; fimbriae 2 mm long. Stamens 6; 3 outer anthers 2 mm long, 3 inner 3 mm long. Style 3 mm long. Seeds 1.5 mm long, 1 mm diam.; aril stalked, c. 1.5 mm long, yellow.

Grows in low mallee eucalypt sandplain on lower slopes of hills, in sandy-loam soils.