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Caesia calliantha
Blue grass lily is a tufted, grass-like Australian perennial with lilac-blue star-shaped flowers. It grows best in moist soil in full sun to light shade.
Caesia calliantha, commonly known as the blue grass lily or blue star lily, is a species of herbaceous flowering plant. It is a member of the Asphodelaceae family, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, native to Australia found predominantly along the East coast in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania.
Caesia calliantha is commonly found in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania. C. calliantha is primarily found in grassy woodland vegetation types, in Tasmania this can be seen as its distributed across the midlands. It also has an ability to thrive in an array of ecological settings including heathlands and open forests, growing from sea level to sub-alpine altitudes. The C. calliantha typically prefers moist soils and will grow in full sun to semi-shaded areas.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Caesia calliantha 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.
