Tall, to 1 metre grass with plume-like inflorescence, green and pink while flowering.

Sometimes confused with Convolvulus erubescens, which also occurs in Tea Tree Heath and dry and damp sclerophyll forests.

A scrambling, suckering plant with fine, prickly stems. The leaves are made up of three or five leaflets, attractively pleated and bright green above, felty white below. The felted greyish flower buds open in October to February. The crinkly, rose-pink petals are curiously arranged as can be seen in the photo. These are bent sharply inwards near the base, pressing closely to the bundle of stamens and stigmas in the middle of the flower.

A lily that grows through the wetter months of the year. Soft green leaves to approx. 30cm high emerge in April. In some areas these may be deep green, in other areas they have a silvery sheen. Tall stems to about a metre emerge in September to November, bearing pink flowers scattered along their length. In good growing seasons these may be produced through early summer, in a droughty year they are likely to shrivel before flowering.