Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Herpolirion novae-zelandiae
Common name
Sky lily
Family
Hemerocallidaceae
Where found
Wet heath, grassland, herbfields, and swampy places, at high altitude. Kosciuszko National Park and the Western Slopes south of Tumut.
Notes
Perennial herb forming mats to 2 m or more in diameter, rhizomes wiry, creeping. Leaves in clusters of about 5 arising from the rhizome, 2-11 cm long, 1.5–4 mm wide, somewhat fleshy, stiff, longitudinally folded, sheathing at the base, surfaces somewhat glaucous. Flowers with 6 white, or pale blue or lilac 'petals' each about 10-20 mm long. Flowers single, almost stalkless. Flowering: December–February.
Family Anthericaceae in NSW. Family Asphodelaceae in Vic.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Herpolirion~novae-zelandiae (accessed 13 April 2021)
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