Thelionema caespitosum

Tufted Blue Lily at Tinderry, NSW

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Identification history

Thelionema caespitosum	30 Jan 2025	JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
Thelionema umbellatum	27 Jan 2023	natureguy
Unverified	27 Jan 2023	LPadg

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User's notes

growing in granitic sand amongst granite boulders

2 comments

LPadg wrote:

6 Feb 2023

I think it is more likely to be Thelionema caespitosum

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

30 Jan 2025

Showing here:
Inflorescences taller than and well above the foliage ?

Here leaves' widths ? Seem wider than 4mm ?
Tepals lengths?

Ref's (in brief, without full citations):

• Flora of NSW online PlantNet :
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Thelionema
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Thelionema~caespitosum
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Location information

Coordinates 149.273690 -35.733659
Altitude 1414.0m
Maps Tinderry Nature Reserve
Places Tinderry, NSW

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
25 Jan 2023 11:32 AM Recorded on
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LPadg NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lilies & Irises Plants

Additional information

True In flower

Species information

Thelionema caespitosum Scientific name
Tufted Blue Lily Common name
Not Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1414m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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