Thysanotus ramulosus Brittan

Rootstock small, with remnants of old bracts; roots tuberous; tubers shortly stalked, c. 2 cm long, 4 mm diam. Leaves absent. Stem perennial, c. 10 cm long, glabrous or with scattered, flattened hairs to l mm long, dichotomously branched; lower branches sterile, to 3 cm long; upper branches fertile, to 6-8 cm long. Flowers single, occasionally paired; pedicels 3 mm long, articulated at base. Perianth segments 10-11 mm long. Sepals linear to narrowly lanceolate, c. 2 mm wide. Petals elliptic, 5 mm wide; fimbriae l.5-3 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers very slightly curved, 3 outer 3.5 mm long, 3 inner 4.5 mm long. Style 5 mm long. Seeds angular, c. 1 mm diam.; aril straw-coloured.

Grows in areas dominated by Acacia spp. in alluvial loamy silt or in red, sandy loam soil.