Onion grass

Family: Iridaceae
Scientific name: Romulea rosea
Description: Plant Form: Small bulb herb. Size: Up to 40 cm wide. Stem: Only a flowering stem which is thin, smooth and hairless. Leaves: Grass like blades 8-65 cm long, flat, narrow and clustered together at base. With a groove running lengthwise. Flowers: Showy bright pink star-like, 1.5-3 cm across, with 6 petal-like tepals with pointed tips fused at base, and a yellow centre, sometimes with a darker ring around it. Fruit and Seeds: Small cylindrical capsule 6-13 mm long, splitting open at maturity to reveal numerous small reddish-brown seeds. Habitat: Lawns, footpaths, parks, old gardens, disturbed areas, grasslands, open woodlands, roadsides. Distinguishing Features: Distinguished from Small-flowered onion grass (Romulea multiniflora) by having larger flowers with pointed rather than rounded tepals. Weed Status: Other Weed Weed Type: Environmental, Common, Invasive Garden Escapee Lifeform: Herbaceous

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