Appearance
The tufted rhizomatous plant typically grows to a height of 0.75 to 1.5 metres and has a width of less than 0.5 metres. It blooms between August and December producing purple flowers.
Naming
It was first described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810 in his work ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae''. Synonyms for the species include ''Genosiris occidentalis'' described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1869 in ''Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'' and ''Patersonia bicolor'' by George Bentham in 1873 in ''Flora Australiensis''.Habitat
Found amongst granite outcrops, in winter wet areas and on dunes from the Mid West, Peel, Wheatbelt, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly, sandy or loamy soils over granite, limestone or ironstone.References:
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