Asparagaceae Wildflowers

Blue Squill

Member - John and Val — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 07:32:00 GMT

Chamaescilla corymbosa var. corymbosa is an ephemeral (ie short lived) herb. Linear, strap shaped leaves grow from a tuber. Flowers about 2cm across have 6 tepals, although the outer 3 are slightly narrower than the inner 3.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Chamaescilla Species: corymbosa var. corymbosa Main Flower Colour: Blue

Chocolate Lily

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:37:00 GMT

A lily that grows through the wetter months of the year. Soft green leaves to approx. 30cm high emerge in April. In some areas these may be deep green, in other areas they have a silvery sheen. Tall stems to about a metre emerge in September to November, bearing pink flowers scattered along their length. In good growing seasons these may be produced through early summer, in a droughty year they are likely to shrivel before flowering. Lily flowers have 6 petal-like segments. In this species the three inner petals are broad and ruffled while the outer ones are strap like and curl back.Flowers smells like chocolate or vanilla. Ball-learing sized pods follow the flowers and the stems of these form an attractive sculptural feature through the late summer in garden or in the bush. The numerous tubers were a source of food for aboriginal peoples. They have a faintly carrot like flavour
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Arthropodium Species: strictum Main Flower Colour: Purple

Fringe Lily

Cienne — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 20:12:00 GMT

The stems, up to 1 metre long, twine around vegetation or trail along the ground.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Thysanotus Species: manglesianus Main Flower Colour: Purple

Fringe Lily

Member Kerry W (Qld) — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:37:00 GMT

Thysanotus used to be included in the lily family (Liliaceae) Fringed lilies are small soft herbs, sometimes a climber. Each flower has 3 sepals and 3 large fringed petals. Common across Australia.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Thysanotus Main Flower Colour: Mauve

Lomandra nigricans

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:38:00 GMT

Dioecious (separate male and female plants) rhizomatous, caespitose (tufted) perennial, herb, 0.25-0.7 m high. Fl. white, May to Aug. White, grey, yellow or black peaty sand, lateritic soils.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Lomandra Species: nigricans Main Flower Colour: White

Thysanotus patersonii: 'Twining Fringe Lily'

Member - Stanley D — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 03:46:00 GMT

Perennial climber: Roots tuberous: Leaves annual but infrequent: Delicate flowers have three distinctly fringed petals held upon short branches. Flowers and stems dieback to regrow in Winter. Difficult to find unless in flower.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Thysanotus Species: patersonii subsp. manglesianus Main Flower Colour: Purple

Twining Fringe Lily

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:38:00 GMT

Twining or prostrate herb; roots tuberous, tubers ellipsoid, c. 1–5 cm long, sessile or shortly stalked from a small rootstock. Leaves annual, 1 or 2, produced infrequently, terete, 10–20 cm long. Flowering stems annual, 1 or occasionally 2, terete, ± hirsute at base, becoming 4-angled and glabrous above, 10–100 cm long; branches usually many, simple to many times dichotomously branched. Flowers single on branches; bracteate, pedicels 1–5 mm long, articulate very close to base. Tepals 5–10.5 mm long; outer tepals 2–3 mm wide; inner tepals 3–6 mm wide including fimbriae to c. 1 mm long. Stamens 6; anthers all straight, not twisted, ± equal, 2–6 mm long, dehiscing by longitudinal slits. Style 3–4 mm long.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Thysanotus Species: patersonii Main Flower Colour: Purple

Woolly Head Mat Rush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:38:00 GMT

Grass like perennial forb 20-80cm tall. Leaves basal, with a sheath at the base, 20-80cm long, 1.5-5mm wide, flat. Male and female flowers on different plants. Fragrant flowers. Flowers white to cream, with 6 ‘petals’ (only 3 obvious). Flower heads spherical, ovoid, or cylindrical (female flowers), along and/or at the top of flowering stems arising from the base of the plant.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Lomandra Species: robusta Main Flower Colour: Cream

Woolly Mat-rush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:39:00 GMT

Perennial tussock, small to robust; rhizomes ascending. Leaves flat, rigid, coarsely veined, 20–60 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide; apex acute to rounded; sheath margins white or orange-brown. Inflorescence shorter than leaves, entire or in ± globose segments; pedicels embedded among hairs of modified bracts, male 1–3 mm long, female 1 mm long. Male and female flowers similar, sweetly scented. Tepals to 7 mm long, cream-coloured. Stamens inserted at top of tepal tube.
Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Lomandra Species: leucocephala Main Flower Colour: Cream