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Thysanotus exfimbriatus is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to western parts of Australia. It is a distinctive, lily-like, leafless twiner with purple flowers arranged singly or in pairs, lance-shaped sepals, egg-shaped petals that unlike others in the genus lack a fringe, and a spherical to cylindrical ovary.
Thysanotus exfimbriatus 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. It also occurs in the Central Ranges, Gawler, Great Victoria Desert and Stony Plains bioregions of South Australia and there is a single record from the MacDonnell Ranges in the Northern Territory.
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 exfimbriatus 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.
