A native of Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia where it prefers light to heavy soils in a sunny, open position though it will tolerate some shade. It is drought and frost tolerant. 

A perennial, clumping plant growing to a height of 0.3m with a spread of 0.3m. The stem is erect and flowering; the leaves are grass-like; the flowers are pale mauve, profuse, with a vanilla scent appearing spring through summer.

The bulbs of this plant as were used by the Aborigines as a food.

While not absolutely necessary, smoke treatment greatly improves the germination rate of this seed. Smoke treatment (which is available in my store) is the simple process of sprinkling treated vermiculite over the sown seeds.

All my seed is posted in bubble wrap protection.