Mallee Fringe-lily
Seedling
Mallee Fringe-lily
Flower Opening
| Mallee Fringe-lily Seedling | | Mallee Fringe-lily Flower Opening | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Other Small Plants | |||
| Order: | Asparagus (Asparagales) | ||||
| Family: | Asparagus (Asparagaceae) | ||||
| Species: | Mallee Fringe-lily (Thysanotus baueri) | ||||
| This Photo: | In Bud | ||||
| Other name: | Fringed Violet | ||||
General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere A small single stemmed herb. Leaves are like grass and die off early. While the flowers look as though they have 6 petals, in actual fact they have 3 striped sepals (paler and thinner) and 3 striped petals. The strange petals with tassels (fimbriae - latin for fringes) are lilac in colour. The flowers ONLY LAST A FEW HOURS! So I was very popular when we saw a lot of them about 100m from the car and I said "I'll photograph those tomorrow"; because I was tired at the time. It's quite bizarre when you realise there were 20+ plants all flowering at the same time, just for that one day. Fortunately; another 5 popped up in the same area later and I was able to redeem myself | |||||
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