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Branching Fringe Lily

Thysanotus dichotomus

Branching Fringe Lily
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Thysanotus dichotomus, commonly known as branching fringe lily, is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rhizomatous, branched, perennial herb, with umbels of up to 3 purple flowers with oblong sepals, elliptic, fringed petals, six stamens and a curved style.

Where it grows

Branching fringe lily is found from near Geraldton to east of Esperance in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia. Along the Darling Range it grows in jarrah-marri forest on soils derived from granite, or with granite rocks in drier inland areas.

Other Thysanotus plants

Fringe Lilies · Thysanotus acerosifolius · Thysanotus anceps · Thysanotus arbuscula · Thysanotus arenarius · Thysanotus asper · Thysanotus banksii · Mallee Fringe Lily · Thysanotus brachiatus · Thysanotus brachyantherus · Thysanotus brevifolius · Chinese Fringe Lily

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thysanotus dichotomus 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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