Lilies & Irises

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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.

Lilies & Irises

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Dianella caerulea (Common Flax Lily) at Bucketty, NSW - 17 May 2025 by MartinPredavec

Stypandra glauca (Nodding Blue Lily) at Laguna, NSW - 11 Aug 2024 by Wirrimbirra

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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

29 May 2025

Both photographs, especially clear in the second photograph,
show the leaves' sheaths margins crisped and undulating
– the Flora of Au botanical key foliage diagnostic feature differentiating this _Pollia crispata_ from
_Pollia macrophylla_ (known to occur from SE Qld to N Qld) .
→ https://keybase.rbg.vic.gov.au/keys/show/4456

Hence, i just confirmed this identification of _Pollia crispata_ .

Pollia crispata

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

23 May 2025

Suggested identification based on the inflorescences' bracts, according to multiple botanical keys in keybase .

Xyris operculata

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

23 May 2025

I will upload some sightings of _Dianella_brevicaulis_ from southern Vic. –familiar to me.

Dianella revoluta

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

19 May 2025

Ref's (in brief, without full citations):

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Hypoxis
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hypoxis~hygrometrica
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Hypoxis~hygrometrica~var.+villosisepala
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Hypoxis hygrometrica

CatherineGorman wrote:

24 Mar 2025

There was Trad present as well but I think the plant I was trying to identify was the Pollia crispata ...thank you

Dianella tasmanica