sentences:  The perianth is long and the pistil long and curved.Flowering occurs from July to September and the follicles are egg-shaped with a notch at the base and long.This species was first formally described in 1904 by Ludwig Diels who gave it the name "Dryandra purdieana" and published the description in the journal "Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie".