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Desert fringed lily is a small tufted perennial from inland Australia, grown from spindle-shaped tubers. It is a wildflower of arid sandy country rather than a common garden plant, and it suits dry, free-draining conditions with a rest period after flowering.
Thysanotus exiliflorus, commonly known as desert fringed lily, is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to inland Australia. It is a tufted perennial herb with spindle-shaped tubers, linear leaves that wither before flowering, flowers arranged in panicles, with lance-shaped sepals, oblong, fringed petals, six stamens and a curved style.
Thysanotus exiliflorus grows with mulga in sandy red earth and with Hakea leucoptera and Triodia pungens in sandy soil in the Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor and Pilbara bioregions of Western Australia, the Burt Plain, Central Ranges, Finke, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, MacDonnell Ranges, Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields and Tanami bioregions of the Northern Territory, and the Central Ranges, Eyre Yorke Block, Finke, Gawler Great Victoria Desert and Stony Plains bioregions of South Australia.
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 exiliflorus 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.
