Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Laxmannia gracilis
Common name
Slender wire lily, Wire lily, Silverweed
Family
Asparagaceae
Where found
Woodland and open stony areas. Widespread. No records from Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Perennial herb to about 0.4 m high. Leaves with more or less sharp tips. Leaves in clusters up the stems, mostly 0.6–8 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, margins fringed; basal sheath membranous, 4–12 mm long.. Flowers with 6 'petals', pink to white, mainly opening at night. Outer 'petals' 4–6 mm long; inner 'petals' 5–8 mm long, loosely tubular. Flower clusters 4–17-flowered. Flowering: July–Nov.
Family Anthericaceae PlantNET.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Laxmannia~gracilis (accessed 13 April 2021)
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