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Thysanotus virgatus is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family, and is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is a leafless herb with a small rhizome, fibrous roots and several flowering stems with umbels of two purple flowers with linear to elliptic sepals, elliptic, fringed petals and six stamens with anthers of different lengths.
This species of fringed lily grows in sandy soils in forest, or in heathy vegetation on poorly-drained sandstone plateau, from Sutherland and the Royal National Park to near Mount Keira.
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 virgatus 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.
