Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Caesia calliantha
Common name
Blue grass lily
Family
Hemerocallidaceae
Where found
Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, disturbed sites, and damp areas. Western Slopes, ACT, Kosciuszko National Park, and tablelands. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Perennial tufted herb to 0.7 m high with an unbranched rhizome. Leaves at the base of the plant, 8–50 cm long, 1.5–15 mm wide; linear, with a more or less papery sheath at the base. Flowers usually blue or purple with darker veins, occasionally white or pinky mauve, with 6 'petals' 6–10 mm long. Flowers in clusters of 1–3 up the stems. Flowering: spring–summer.
Family Anthericaceae in PlantNET. Family Asphodelaceae in VICFLORA.
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=Caesia~calliantha (accessed 26 April 2021)
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