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infestation (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
infestation (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
grass-like leaves and flower stems (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of flower (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
immature fruit on long stalks (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
comparison of the flowers of common onion grass (Romulea rosea var. australis), on the left, and small-flowered onion grass (Romulea minutiflora), on the right (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
comparison of small-flowered onion grass (Romulea minutiflora), on the left, and thread iris (Moraea setifolia), on the right (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Romulea minutiflora Klatt
Synonyms
Romulea columnae Sebast. & Mauri (misapplied)
Family
Iridaceae
Common Names
frutang, lesser Guildford grass, small flower onion grass, small onion grass, small onion-grass, small-flower onion grass, small-flower onion-grass, small-flowered onion grass, small-flowered onion-grass
Origin
Native to southern Africa (i.e. South Africa).
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in southern Australia (i.e. in some parts of southern and eastern New South Wales, in Victoria and Tasmania and in the southern parts of South Australia). Also occasionally naturalised in the inland regions of south-western Western Australia and sparingly naturalised in the ACT.
Notes
Small-flowered onion grass (Romulea minutiflora) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.
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