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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Thysanotus tuberosus

Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 282 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Common fringe-lily.

Description:
Perennial, with clustered roots expanding into tubers c. 1-2 cm long, 3.5-5 cm from stock; leaves all radical, c. 5-15, c. 20-30 cm tall, usually shorter than the inflorescence but occasionally longer; leaves linear, glabrous, almost terete towards the apex, becoming channelled below with narrow membranous wings at the base.

Inflorescence 20-60 cm tall, paniculate, with a terete glabrous scape; the amount of branching variable from c. 3 simple branches to a twice or thrice paniculate inflorescence; umbels all terminal, 1-5-flowered (occasionally up to 8); pedicels 6-22 mm long, erect in flower and fruit; perianth-segments 7-19 mm long; stamens 6, anthers varying from almost all equal to 3 long and 3 short; the short anthers range in length from 1.5-6 mm and the long anthers from 3-11.5 mm, at the lower end of these ranges the anthers tending to be straight and orientated more or less parallel to the perianth-segments, at the upper end the anthers tending to be erect and the longer 3 to be curved.

Capsule cylindrical c. 5 x 2.5 mm.

Published illustration: Clyne et al. (1976) Australian wildflowers, 51.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: No flowering time is available


SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Key to Infraspecific taxa:
1. Perianth-segments more than 10 mm long, mucro c. 1 mm long; longer anthers erect and longer than 5 mm
subsp. tuberosus 8a.
1. Perianth-segments usually less than 10 mm long, mucro c. 0.5 mm long; all anthers deflexed and more or less parallel to the perianth, longer anthers, or all anthers if equal, less than 5 mm long
subsp. parviflorus 8b.

Author: Not yet available


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