Dasypogonaceae Wildflowers

Blue Tinsel Lily

Member - John and Val — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:57:00 GMT

Brilliant metallic purple flowers are a feature of this straggling low shrub. The stems are tangled and covered with small sharply pointed leaves. Growing in heath on white sand.
Family: Dasypogonaceae Genus: Calectasia Species: grandiflora Main Flower Colour: Purple

Kingia

Member - John and Val — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 04:31:00 GMT

Not a grasstree, although Kingia does look like one, especially when not in flower. Kingia has a thick trunk made up of accumulated leaf bases. The trunk is usually (but not always) unbranched. A bunch of long thin leaves sits on top of the trunk, and many flower stalks topped with a globular flower head protrude above the leaves. Individual flowers are small brown/green. Flowering is triggered by fire. Kingias grow very slowly but can live for hundreds of years, so tall plants are very old.
Family: Dasypogonaceae Genus: Kingia Species: australis Main Flower Colour: Other

Tinsel Lily

Member - John and Val — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 23:45:00 GMT

Upright stems to 60cm, leaves elongated and pointed. Flowers bright metallic purple with 6 sepals.
Family: Dasypogonaceae Genus: Calectasia Species: intermedia Main Flower Colour: Purple