Common Name: Pink Garland-lily
Botanical Name: Calostemma purpureum
Family: AMARYLLIDACEAE
Description:
Herb, 15-50 cm high. Strap-like, dark green leaves grow in winter after flowering. Reddish-purple to pink, 6-petalled flowers, in groups of eight to twenty on end of leafless stems. Summer to autumn.
Herb, 15-50 cm high. Strap-like, dark green leaves grow in winter after flowering. Reddish-purple to pink, 6-petalled flowers, in groups of eight to twenty on end of leafless stems. Summer to autumn.
Natural Distribution:
Common to temperate forests, woodlands and grasslands in higher rainfall districts of SA. Also occurs in NSW and Vic.
Common to temperate forests, woodlands and grasslands in higher rainfall districts of SA. Also occurs in NSW and Vic.
Notes:
Often seen growing in large numbers on rocky outcrops or along creeks and other uncultivated areas. Recorded as rare in the Yorke Peninsula region.
Often seen growing in large numbers on rocky outcrops or along creeks and other uncultivated areas. Recorded as rare in the Yorke Peninsula region.
