Patersonia Drummondii
''Patersonia drummondii'', commonly known as Drummond's patersonia, is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tufted herb with linear, often twisted leaves and pale violet to purple or blue tepals. Description ''Patersonia drummondii'' is a tufted herb with linear, often twisted leaves long, wide and grooved. The flowering scape is up to long clasped by a single, small leaf and the sheath enclosing the flowers is lance-shaped, glabrous, green and long. The outer tepals are pale violet to purple or blue, long and wide, and the hypanthium tube is long. Flowering from August to October. Taxonomy and naming ''Patersonia drummondii'' was first described in 1873 by George Bentham in ''Flora Australiensis'' from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller, from specimens collected by James Drummond in the Swan River Colony. The specific epithet (''drummondii'') honours James Drummond. Distribution a ...
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