Haemodorum laxum

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Haemodorum laxum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Genus: Haemodorum
Species:
H. laxum
Binomial name
Haemodorum laxum
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Haemodorum laxum is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to Western Australia, [1] and was first described by Robert Brown in 1810. [2] [3]

It is a perennial, herb, growing from 0.6-1.4 m high. [2]

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References

  1. "Haemodorum laxum R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 Grazyna Paczkowska (22 June 1994). "Haemodorum laxum R.Br". FloraBase - The Western Australian Flora. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  3. Brown, Robert (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802–1805, London: R. Taylor et socii, p. 300, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.3678, Wikidata   Q7247677