Thelionema caespitosum

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Thelionema caespitosum
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Thelionema caespitosum at Langwarrin, Victoria
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Hemerocallidoideae
Genus: Thelionema
Species:
T. caespitosum
Binomial name
Thelionema caespitosum
Synonyms
  • Arthropodium caespitosum(R.Br.) Spreng.
  • Stypandra caespitosaR.Br.
  • Stypandra caespitosa var. albaEwart
  • Stypandra caespitosaR.Br. var. caespitosa
  • Stypandra juncinellaGand.

Thelionema caespitosum, the tufted lily or tufted blue-lily, is a species of perennial herb, native to Australia. The lily-like flowers are blue, light blue, pale yellow or white and have yellow stamens.

The species occurs in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

It was first described by botanist Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae , and given the name Stypandra caespitosa. The species was transferred to a new genus, Thelionema , in 1985.

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