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Blue Flax Lily

Dianella longifolia

Also called Blueberry Lily, Pale Flax Lily, Smooth Flax Lily

Blue Flax Lily
Photo: DavidFrancis34 from Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Dianella longifolia, commonly known as blueberry lily, pale flax lily or smooth flax lily, or blue flax-lily, (although other species, or the whole genus Dianella are also referred to by this last name) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae and is endemic to non-arid areas of Australia. It is a tufted, rhizomatous, perennial herb with grass-like leaves, pale blue, white or greenish flowers that have pale yellow anthers, and shiny, pale blue berries.

Where it grows

Blueberry lily is widespread and common in non-arid parts of Australia, including the Kimberley region, eastern and southern Australia and northern Tasmania.

Other Dianella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dianella longifolia 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.

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