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Yellow Autumn Lily

Tricoryne elatior

Also called Yellow Rush Lily

Yellow Autumn Lily
Photo: Margaret Donald, CC BY-SA 2.0

Yellow autumn lily is a small Australian rhizomatous perennial with grass-like leaves and clusters of yellow flowers, native to forests, heaths and woodlands. It is grown mainly in native and wildflower gardens, and it prefers moist, well-drained soil in sun to part shade.

Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil moist during the growing season and reduce watering when the plant is dormant.
Soil
Sandy loam or lateritic, well-drained but moisture-retaining soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frosts, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Tricoryne elatior (common name yellow autumn-lily, yellow rush-lily) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae, native to Australia, and found in all its states and territories.

Where it grows

It is found in sclerophyll forests, in heaths and woodlands, and sometimes in swamps, growing on sandy loams and lateritic soils.

Other Tricoryne plants

Tricoryne tenella · Tricoryne

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tricoryne elatior 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.

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