Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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)
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