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.


Lilies & Irises

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KylieWaldon wrote:
16 Dec 2024
?Yellow Rush Lily I think. Tricoryne elatior :)

Tricoryne elatior
KylieWaldon wrote:
15 Oct 2023
must be the shortest one in history!

Burchardia umbellata
Tapirlord wrote:
11 Sep 2023
Yes i agree, habitat (among mosses an in a boulder field) is more typical of W.biglandulosa also.

Wurmbea biglandulosa
11 Sep 2023
In the Flora of Vic. online VicFlora and in the Flora of NSW online PlantNet,
the appearances shown in these two photographs go through these botanical keys to
*Wurmbea biglandulosa* IMHO.

Ref's (links only, not proper full citations):
• https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/key/2110
• https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Wurmbea
.

Wurmbea biglandulosa
Tapirlord wrote:
18 Dec 2021
Correct

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