Asparagaceae Thysanotus Wildflowers

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

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