Thysanotus racemoides
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| Thysanotus racemoides | |
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| Near Blewitt Springs | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lomandroideae |
| Genus: | Thysanotus |
| Species: | T. racemoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Thysanotus racemoides | |
Thysanotus racemoides is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a perennial herb with a rhizomatous, more or less cylindrical rootstock, fibrous roots, few leaves or leafless, flowers arranged in pairs, with pink to mauve perianth segments, fringed petals and six stamens of differing lengths.
Thysanotus racemoides is a perennial herb with a rhizomatous, horizontal, more or less cylindrical rootstock, and fibrous roots. Leaves are often absent, or a few, subterete leaves 60–80 mm (2.4–3.1 in) long at the base of the plant. The flowers are usually borne in pairs in umbels, rarely in groups of up to four, each flower on an erect pedicel, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. The perianth segments are pink to mauve, 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long. The petals have a fringe 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and there are six stamens, the outer three anthers, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long, the inner three 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The style is curved, 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long. Flowering occurs from November to January, and the capsules are more or less spherical, about 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) in diameter, the seeds with a straw-coloured aril.[2][3]