Thysanotus pauciflorus R.Br.

Rootstock small, enclosed by old leaf bases; roots fibrous. Leaves perennial, clustered, linear, flat, c. 5-7 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous or ±hirsute on margins and ridges on adaxial surface. Inflorescence a single, 2-4-flowered umbel; scape ±equal to leaves, often decumbent; pedicels 5-8 mm long, articulation ±median, somewhat swollen. Perianth segments c. 11 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 3-4 mm wide, mucronate. Petals elliptic, c. 6-8 mm wide; fimbriae c. 2-3 mm long. Stamens 3; anthers c. 3 mm long, slightly curved, dehiscing by slits; filaments equal. Style not known. Seeds cylindrical, 2 mm long, 1 mm diam.; aril stalked, pale straw-coloured.

Grows in mallee eucalypt vegetation and coastal low scrub; often grows in damper habitats than most other species.