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Nodding blue lily

Stypandra glauca

Nodding blue lily
Photo: Cygnis insignis, Public domain

Nodding blue lily is a rhizomatous perennial native to southern Australia, grown for its drooping blue flowers with yellow anthers. It tolerates a range of soils and dry conditions, making it a low-fuss garden plant.

Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then let it rely mostly on rain once established.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates sand, clay and rocky ground.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. & SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Stypandra glauca, commonly known as the nodding blue lily, is a flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae. It is a rhizomatous perennial plant with blue lily-like flowers with yellow stamens. It is widespread across southern areas of Australia.

Where it grows

Nodding blue lily is a widespread species growing on a variety of soils including sand, granite, shale, limestone and clay sometimes in woodland or mostly in dry forest.

Other Stypandra plants

Stypandra jamesii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stypandra glauca 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.

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