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Thysanotus patersonii
Twining fringe-lily is a leafless, twining perennial from tuberous roots, native to southern Australia, grown in rockeries and gardens for its prolific purple flowers. It needs full sun and very free-draining soil, and is usually grown from seed.
Thysanotus patersonii, commonly known as twining fringe-lily or Paterson's fringed lily, is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to Australia. It is a leafless, twining perennial herb, with tuberous roots, purple flowers borne singly or in sparse panicles with linear to lance-shaped sepals, elliptic, fringed petals and six stamens.
The plant is used in urban landscapes and gardens, especially as a rockery specimen. It is grown from seed, favouring full sun and free drainage, and will trail out from rocks or loosely spiral up on neighbouring plants. Flowers are prolific and appear over spring and summer.
Twining fringe-lily occurs in all Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory but not in Queensland or the Northern Territory. It grows in a wide variety of habitats apart from tall forest and wet or saline communities. In Western Australia it is widespread in the south-west, and in South Australia it is especially common in the south-east of that state. In New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory it is widespread, mainly in inland districts west from the Braidwood, Bathurst and Warrumbungle areas and it is widespread and locally common throughout Victoria apart from the far east of the state.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thysanotus patersonii 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.
