Family Index

Scientific Name

Thelionema caespitosum

Family Name

LILIACEAE

Common Name

Tufted Blue-lily, Tufted Lily

Status

Height

0.1m - 0.45m (10-45cm)

Flowers

Pale yellow or blue* star-like with 6 stamens, yellow & bent in the open flower * ( Gen. notes)

Fruit

Papery capsule

Form

Perennial herb with grass-like leaves, often in small tussocks.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kingborough; Latrobe; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Wet soaks

Habitat Notes

Very common in coastal heaths and wet soaks, also under light forest cover, sea level to c700m<BR><BR>

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Windy

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Loam; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy; Well-drained

General Notes

Flower colour is usually a pale, dull yellow or cream. Blue flowers are much less common and are apparently confined to the north of the state. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Standard

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Very difficult to grow from seed. Smoke treatment did not improve results for this species. Temperature may be critical - i.e. not above 18oC.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes

Usually propagated by division.