Scientific Name: Patersonia glabrata
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Pronunciation:pat−er−SO−nee−uh glah-BRAH-tuh
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Common Name:Native Iris, Purple Flag
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Type:
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Family:IRIDACEAE
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Flowers:Purple-pink 3-petalled flowers to 30mm
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Vegetation Type:Coastal Heath, Dry Eucalypt Forest
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Species List:SBHS, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, TAFE
Identification Notes
Flower stem to 30cm. Bracts beneath the petals are green/brownish, smooth and hairless or very sparsely hairy.
Associated Fauna
Butterfly host plant: Halyzia skipper.