Lilies & Irises
This group includes any herbaceous monocot that has prominent flowers in which the flower parts are in two whorls. Monocots have one seed leaf compared to two in dicotyledons. Mature plants are recognised by parallel longitudinal veins in their often narrow leaves and by having flowers parts in threes or multiples of three.
Identification is largely on differences in flower parts, the number of flowers borne at each part of the stem from which a leaf is attached or on the form of basal leaves. Ideally records for lilies and irises should include close-up photographs of the flowers and basal leaves and a shot that shows flower arrangement along the stem.
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Dianella tasmanica
Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis
Significant sightings
- Thelionema umbellatum at Tinderry, NSW
- Dianella tarda at Castlemaine, VIC
- Dianella amoena at Barrington Tops, NSW
- Iris orientalis at Cooma North Ridge Reserve
- Dianella tarda
- Ornithogalum umbellatum at Watson, ACT
- Doryanthes excelsa at Fingal Bay, NSW
- Burchardia umbellata at Hackett, ACT
- Arthropodium glareosorum at Moruya, NSW
- Arum italicum at West Albury, NSW
Recent activity
Patersonia umbrosa var. xanthina at Augusta, WA
Chamaescilla corymbosa at Augusta, WA
Thysanotus tuberosus subsp. tuberosus at Penrose, NSW
Tradescantia zebrinia at Shoalhaven Heads, NSW
Borya sphaerocephala at Augusta, WA
Burchardia multiflora at Deepdene, WA
Orthrosanthus laxus at Pemberton, WA
Orthrosanthus laxus at Yeagarup, WA
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