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Thysanotus isantherus is a small tufted perennial geophyte from south-west Western Australia, bearing purple fringed flowers in spring. It grows from small elliptical tubers and is a native of granite hills, so it suits a cool-dry, well-drained spot with a summer rest.
Thysanotus isantherus is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tufted, slender perennial herb, with a threadlike leaves, and umbels of one or two purple flowers with lance shaped sepals, elliptic, fringed petals and six stamens.
This species of Thysanotus grows in moss swards on granite hills in the Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thysanotus isantherus 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.
