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Thysanotus arenarius, commonly known as sand-dune fringed lily, is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to near-coastal areas of Western Australia. It is a clumped, rhizomatous, perennial herb with linear leaves, more or less prostrate stems, and umbels of two or three purple flowers with elliptic, fringed petals, narrowly linear sepals, six stamens and a curved style.
This species grows in sand over limestone in near-coastal areas between Shark Bay and Salt River in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain, Warren and Yalgoo bioregions of Western Australia.
Fringe Lilies · Thysanotus acerosifolius · Thysanotus anceps · Thysanotus arbuscula · Thysanotus asper · Thysanotus banksii · Mallee Fringe Lily · Thysanotus brachiatus · Thysanotus brachyantherus · Thysanotus brevifolius · Chinese Fringe Lily · Thysanotus cymosus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thysanotus arenarius 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.
