| Scientific Name : |
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Caesia parviflora |
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| Common Name : |
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Pale grass-lily |
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| Height : |
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600 mm |
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| Description : |
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This is a delicate little lily, easily overlooked among grasses, as flowers are often few and only open for a short time. The plant may be a tuft of multiple slender, Linear, leaves up to 400mm long. There may be multiple flower stems, but there is often only a single stem. The flower stem is mostly a single spike, but may have a few erect branches. Flowers are in the Axils of small Bracts and only a few are open at a time. The Tepals are white or very pale blue, 6mm long. There are 6 Stamens shorter than the Tepals. When the flower is over, the Tepals twist together in a tight spiral. The fruit is a capsule which is markedly three lobed. |
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| Habitat : |
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In native grasslands and among grasses in open forest. |
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| Distribution : |
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Queensland to Victoria and Tasmania. Widespread in Southern Victoria, but missing from the North-West. Occasional on hillsides on both sides of Fosters Gully, especially along the Western Boundary of the Park. |
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| Flowering Season : |
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November and December |
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| Family : |
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Liliaceae |
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