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Diplarrena moraea


Dense dark green tussock to 70 cm tall. Leaves flat with a slight bluish waxy sheen.


Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Showy white three-petalled rounded clawed flowers with purple veins and yellow towards the tips.

Biology

Perennial. Heathlands, open forest and grasslands.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Jan

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Diplarrena
Species
moraea

The leaves of Diplarrena were used for basket making by Aboriginal people. Important food for butterflies and insects.


Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native