Botanical name

Thereianthus juncifolius

Family

Iridaceae

Common Name

Summer Pipes, Somerpypie
Thereianthus juncifolius
Thereianthus juncifolius
Thereianthus juncifolius
Thereianthus juncifolius
Thereianthus juncifolius
Thereianthus juncifolius

Description

Cormous geophyte up to 40cm. Leaves round to oval in cross-section, slender, rush-like, often overtopping flowering stems. Flowers in lax spike, blue to mauve, sometimes white in the throat; perianth tube slender, tepals sub-equal; bracts 3-5mm long.

Greek: thereios = of or belonging to summer, anthos = bloom of a flower; referring to the summer flowering time of this genus.

Latin: iuncus = a rush, folium = a leaf; referring to the rush-like leaves of this species.

Habitat

Mountain seeps, marshes and streambanks in sandstone

Flower Date

November to March