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flax-lilies
Dianella
Dianella is a genus of about forty species of flowering plants in the monocot family Asphodelaceae, commonly known as flax lilies. Plants in this genus are tufted herbs with more or less linear leaves and bisexual flowers with three sepals more or less similar to three petals and a superior ovary, the fruit a berry. They occur in Africa, South-east Asia, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Australia.
Several species of this genus, or the whole genus, are sometimes referred to by the common name blue flax lily, particularly in Australia.
38 branches of this genus, most-observed first
cerulean flax-lily
speciesDianella ensifolia
Blueberry Lily
speciesDianella revoluta
blue flax-lily
speciesDianella caerulea
Tasmanian flax-lily
speciesDianella tasmanica
Pale Flax-Lily
speciesDianella longifolia
Ink Berry
speciesDianella nigra
Coast Flax-Lily
speciesDianella brevicaulis
'uki'uki
speciesDianella sandwicensis
matted flax-lily
speciesDianella amoena
short-flowered flax lily
speciesDianella brevipedunculata
Dianella prunina
speciesDianella prunina
Dianella tarda
speciesDianella tarda
beach flax lily
speciesDianella congesta
northern vanilla lily
speciesDianella rara
Dianella callicarpa
speciesDianella callicarpa
Dianella haematica
speciesDianella haematica
Dianella tenuissima
speciesDianella tenuissima
Dianella adenanthera
speciesDianella adenanthera
Dianella porracea
speciesDianella porracea
Dianella atraxis
speciesDianella atraxis
Dianella latissima
speciesDianella latissima
Dianella nervosa
speciesDianella nervosa
Dianella crinoides
speciesDianella crinoides
Dianella bambusifolia
speciesDianella bambusifolia
Dianella intermedia
speciesDianella intermedia
Dianella odorata
speciesDianella odorata
Dianella saffordiana
speciesDianella saffordiana
Dianella carolinensis
speciesDianella carolinensis
Dianella pavopennacea
speciesDianella pavopennacea
Dianella incollata
speciesDianella incollata
Dianella daenikeri
speciesDianella daenikeri
Dianella fruticans
speciesDianella fruticans
Dianella pendula
speciesDianella pendula
Dianella acutifolia
speciesDianella acutifolia
Dianella dentata
speciesDianella dentata
Dianella stipitata
speciesDianella stipitata
Dianella plicata
speciesDianella plicata
Dianella monophylla
speciesDianella monophylla
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53691.