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Calectasia hispida, commonly known as blue tinsel lily or hispid tinsel lily, is a plant in the family Dasypogonaceae growing as a rhizomatous, erect, clumping perennial herb. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia and is common in most of its range. It is similar to the other species of Calectasia and is distinguished from them mainly by the hairiness of its leaves and the glabrousness of the throat of the flowers.
This species of blue tinsel lily is relatively common between Gillingarra (near New Norcia) and Eneabba and common in
Calectasia browneana · Blue tinsel lily · Elegant Tinsel Lily · Calectasia gracilis · Blue Tinsel Lily · Blue Tinsel Lily · Calectasia keigheryi · Blue Tinsel Lily · Blue tinsel lily · Calectasia palustris · Calectasia pignattiana · Tinsel Lilies
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calectasia hispida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
