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Thysanotus fractiflexus
Thysanotus fractiflexus is a small perennial herb from a rhizome, native to Kangaroo Island in South Australia, with zig-zag stems and purple fringed flowers. It is a rare wildflower of open heath and woodland, best grown in a sandy, well-drained spot in its native conditions.
Thysanotus fractiflexus, commonly known as zig-zag fringe-lily is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is a rhizomatous herb with usually perennial, zig-zagged stems, umbels with two or three purple flowers, with narrowly lance-shaped sepals, more or less circular, fringed petals, six stamens, a style as long as the longer anthers and a cylindrical capsule.
Zig-zag fringe-lily grows in open heath to woodland in lateritic gravel to sandy loam on Kangaroo Island.
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 fractiflexus 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.
