Dianella revoluta var. revoluta
Black-Anther Flax Lily at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
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| Dianella revoluta var. revoluta | Tapirlord | 10 Feb 2024 | ||
| Dianella revoluta var. revoluta | CarbonAI | 10 Feb 2024 | ||
| Dianella (genus) | Csteele4 | 10 Feb 2024 |
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User's notes
Doesn't look like my local D revoluta, definitely not D caerulea or tasmanica. Need to rule out or confirm Dianella laevis (syn D longifolia var longifolia), as it is on our target species list. V shaped leaves, longer than D revoluta (at least ones I've seen), anthers yellowy-brown, no berries visible. Flower stalk app 80cm, leaves app 70cm. (In photo of whole plant it is growing with Lomandra so Dianella leavea hard to make out.)
3 comments
10 Feb 2024
@Tapirlord are revoluta just heaps bigger out there? This is about 3x taller than my local plants.
10 Feb 2024
Yep, in D.longifolia the anthers are cream or white. D.Revoluta are variable in size, but they are often larger on the richer loam soils up in the mountains as opposed to the poorer dry forest they usually grow in. Altitude is the other factor, we are far too high for D.longifolia, D.revoluta and D.Tasmanica are the only species in montane forest.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.871049-35.464506
- Altitude 429.5m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Feb 2024 02:50 PM Recorded on
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Yes In flower
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- Csteele4 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Dianella revoluta var. revoluta Lilies & Irises Plants
Species information
- Dianella revoluta var. revoluta Scientific name
- Black-Anther Flax Lily Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1235m Recorded at altitude
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