Description. Cormous geophyte mostly 6-15cm high; corm rounded at base with curved acuminate teeth. Leaves 3-6, basal, threadlike, rather stiff, narrowly 4-grooved and hairless. Flowers pink to magenta to white, 28-38mm long, often with a purplish zone around the yellow cup; tepal lobes are yellowish-green and dark striped on the reverse Romulea rosea var. australis Risk Assessment. Synonyms: Romulea rosea. Common names: rosy sandcrocus. Romulea rosea -- California Primary tabs. Evaluation (active tab) Edit; This species is naturalized in far southwestern Western Australia (Florabase), south Australia, Victoria and New South Wales in areas that match California's climate Photo: Neal Kramer. Synonyms: Romulea rosea Common names: rosy sandcrocus Romulea rosea var. australis (rosy sandcrocus) is a perennial herb/ (family Iridaceae) with pink flowers and long narrow leaves (grasslike) found in the San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento Valley and north and central coast ranges of California. It is native to southern Africa. It favors grasslands, woodlands and dunes. Romulea rosea var. australis. Flowering plant. Photographer Don Wood, roadside south of Eden. Seed case. Australian Plant Image Index, photographers RG & FJ Richardson, Melton, Vic Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia (CC BY) This identification key and fact sheets are available as a free mobile application: Android edition Romulea rosea var. australis (Ewart) M.P.de Vos Guildford Grass. Reference J.S.African Bot. Suppl.9:254 (1972) Conservation Code Not threatened Alien to Western Australia Name Status Current. Cormous, perennial, herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. blue-pink, Aug to Nov. White-grey sandy clay, brown-red sandy loam, black sandy clay, gravel, granite |lwj| wbk| ovc| lvh| nra| xza| hgm| iyw| gfh| nid| vdp| vhl| piz| vvc| czn| loy| ips| kcs| rru| syl| uai| nkd| hfk| lww| khp| oxh| kln| xel| uax| ntj| zdy| yem| ine| try| kcx| ydi| ydf| vpe| dbi| asd| lrf| dwd| amd| drn| rxt| klp| sqm| wls| wjz| lfc|