Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Caesia alpina
Common name
Alpine grass-lily
Family
Hemerocallidaceae
Where found
Heath and grassland at high altitudes. Kosciuszko National Park. rarely elsewhere.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.2 m high with a branched rhizome. Hairless. Leaves crowded at the base, to about 15 cm long; about 1–2 mm wide, linear, with a papery sheath at the base. Flowers greenish white, with 6 'petals' each 3–4.5 mm long. Flowers in clusters of 1–4 along flower stalks to about 10 cm long. Flowering: spring–summer.
Family Anthericaceae in PlantNET. Family Asphodelaceae in VICFLORA.
PlantNET description with line drawing: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Caesia~alpina (accessed 26 April 2021)
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