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Dianella
Dianella is a genus of about forty species of flowering plants in the monocot family Asphodelaceae, commonly known as flax lilies. Plants in this genus are tufted herbs with more or less linear leaves and bisexual flowers with three sepals more or less similar to three petals and a superior ovary, the fruit a berry. They occur in Africa, South-east Asia, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia.
Several species of this genus, or the whole genus, are sometimes referred to by the common name blue flax lily, particularly in Australia.
Plants in the genus Dianella occur in Africa, South-east Asia, the Pacific Islands including Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia. About half of the species are native to Australia.
Several species of Dianella are grown for their attractive foliage and shiny, blue to purple berries.
Dianella acutifolia · Dianella adenanthera · Spreading Flax Lily · Matted Flax Lily · Dianella atraxis · Flax Lily · Coast Flax Lily · Short Flowered Flax Lily · Cerulean flaxlily · Dianella callicarpa · Dianella carolinensis · Beach Flax Lily
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