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Thysanotus tuberosus
Also called Common Fringed Lily, Fringed Lily, Fringed Violet
Thysanotus tuberosus, commonly known as fringed violet, fringed lily, or common fringe lily, is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to Australia. It is a tufted herb with a small rootstock, tuberous cylindrical to elliptic roots, channelled linear, annual leaves and umbels of up to eight mauve flowers with lance-shaped sepals, egg-shaped, fringed petals and six stamens with anthers of different lengths.
Fringed lily grows in a wide variety of situations, from semi-arid parts of south eastern Australia to coastal areas receiving more than 1,300 mm (51 in) of rain per year. It is found in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia. Both subspecies are found throughout the species' range, although they are often difficult to separate as the characters overlap.
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 tuberosus 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.
