Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Thysanotus virgatus

Flower. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park, south of Sydney

Back of flower and bud. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park, south of Sydney

Stem. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park, south of Sydney

Withered leaf on stem. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park, south of Sydney

Common name

A Fringe Lily

Family

Asparagaceae

Where found

Dry forest and heath. North from Jervis Bay. Mainly coastal.

Notes

Perennial herb with small rhizomes. Flowering stems perennial, 0.20–0.30 m long, branched, ridged, the ridges rough with short or wart-based hairs. Leaves small, withered before flowering. Flowers mauve to pink, with 6 'petals' each 10–12 mm long. Flower clusters 2-flowered, one flower opening before the other. Flowering: Dec.–Jan.

Family Anthericaceae in NSW.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Thysanotus~virgatus (accessed 14 April 2021)