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Thysanotus gageoides is a small tuberous perennial wildflower from southern Western Australia, grown mainly as a native bulb in gardens rather than as a common houseplant. Its key needs are a sunny, well-drained spot and a dry summer rest.
Thysanotus gageoides is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb, with one or two linear, terete leaves, five to twenty purple flowers with six stamens and a straight style.
This species of Thysanotus grows in open low mallee eucalypt vegetation in gravelly to loamy soils in the Stirling Range and south-south-east to near Cape Riche in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of southern Western 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 gageoides 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.
