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Fringed Lily

Thysanotus manglesianus

Fringed Lily
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Thysanotus manglesianus, commonly known as Mangles' fringed lily, is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is widespread in the Western Australia. It is a twining, more or less leafless, perennial herb with tuberous roots, flowers arranged singly, with linear sepals, elliptic, fringed petals and six stamens.

Where it grows

Mangles' fringed lily grows in sand, loam, laterite or on granite outcrops on sandplain, mallee and forest, and is widespread in the Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren and Yalgoo bioregions of Western Australia.

Other Thysanotus plants

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 manglesianus 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.

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