''Haemodorum gracile'' is a plant in the Haemodoraceae (blood root) family, native to

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, and was first described by

Terry Desmond Macfarlane Terry Desmond Macfarlane (born 1953) is a botanist and taxonomist, who has worked in both Australia and Peru. A senior research scientist at the Western Australian Herbarium, Macfarlane is associate editor of its journal '' Nuytsia'' and curre ...

in 1987. It is a bulbous perennial herb, growing from 0.4 to 0.65 m high, on sands and sandy clays in the west

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of Western Australia. Its red/brown flowers are seen from August to November.

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gracile Gracility is slenderness, the condition of being gracile, which means slender. It derives from the Latin adjective ''gracilis'' (masculine or feminine), or ''gracile'' ( neuter), which in either form means slender, and when transferred for examp ...

Flora of Western Australia Taxa named by Terry Desmond Macfarlane Plants described in 1987 {{Commelinales-stub