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Blandfordia punicea
Also called Christmas Bells, Tasmanian Christmas Bells
Tasmanian Christmas bell is a tufted perennial with strap-like leaves and red bell-shaped flowers, yellow inside, native to western Tasmania. It grows best in cool, moist, free-draining conditions, as in its native damp heath.
Blandfordia punicea, commonly known as Tasmanian Christmas bell, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to western Tasmania. It is a tufted perennial herb with linear leaves and drooping red, bell-shaped flowers that are yellow on the inside.
Blandfordia punicea grows in button grass (Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus) and damp heath, mostly west of a line between Bruny Island and Rocky Cape.
Christmas Bell · Blandfordia grandiflora · Christmas Bells · Christmas bell
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Blandfordia punicea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
