''Laxmannia minor'', also known as paperlily, is flowering herbaceous plant that occurs in

Southwest Australia Southwest Australia is a biogeographic region in Western Australia. It includes the Mediterranean-climate area of southwestern Australia, which is home to a diverse and distinctive flora and fauna. The region is also known as the Southwest Aus ...

. It is a slender, perennial

stoloniferous In biology, stolons (from Latin '' stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external ...

plant, propped on its roots to avoid desiccation when the soil surface temperature is high. The height is between . White flowers are presented on a scape from September to December. The flowerhead is a small cluster of 18–28 flowers. The petal-like flower parts are long. The preference is for black or grey

peat Peat (), also known as turf (), is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter. It is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs. The peatland ecosystem covers and is the most efficien ...

y soil on winter wet plains or the regional granite outcrops. The description of the species was published by Robert Brown in 1810.

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Endemic flora of Western Australia Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Plants described in 1810