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Thelionema grande

Thelionema grande
Photo: M. Fatemi (University of New England), CC BY-SA 4.0

Thelionema grande, the tufted granite lily, is a tufted perennial herb native to subtropical eastern Australia that grows on sandy soils near granite outcrops. It is a rarely grown ornamental and is best treated as a hardy, sun-loving garden plant that tolerates poor, well-drained soil.

Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings; it tolerates dry spells.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining soil; tolerates poor, gritty soil
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost in its native highland range
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Thelionema grande, the tufted granite lily is a species of perennial herb, native to Australia. Growing up to 125 cm high, the lily-like flowers are blue or rarely white with yellow stamens. The species occurs in Queensland and New South Wales. Found on sandy soils near granite outcrops. From altitudes over 800 metres in the northern ranges of New South Wales and adjacent areas in Queensland. First known as Stypandra grandis. The species was transferred to a new genus, Thelionema, in 1985.

Other Thelionema plants

Tufted Blue Lily · Thelionema umbellatum · Thelionema

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thelionema grande 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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