Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Thelionema caespitosum

Common name

Tufted blue lily

Family

Hemerocallidaceae

Where found

Heath and shrubland. Widespread.

Notes

Perennial herb to 0.9 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, appearing basal, 10-55 cm long, 2–15 mm wide,  lower surface strongly warty with minute warts. Flowers with 6 'petals', deep blue or white or pale yellow, each 8–14 mm long. Flowers in open branched clusters extending beyond the leaves. Flowers Sep.–Jan.

Hybridizes with Thelionema umbellatum.

Family Phormiaceae in PlantNET. Family Asphodelaceae in Vic.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Thelionema~caespitosum (accessed 14 April 2021)