Scientific Name: Patersonia fragilis

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  • Common Name:
    Swamp Iris
  • Type:
    Tufted herb
  • Family:
    IRIDACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Pale to dark violet 3 petals spring
  • Vegetation Type:
    Seacoast dry heath
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Bush food, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Marcus Dunes BHNR
Cultural Notes

Rhizome eaten.

Identification Notes

Smooth leaf bracts smooth filaments completely fused||Leaves basal.||Bracts green to pale brown, similar in texture to leaves.||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Halyzia skipper.