Kingdom Plantae Clade Monocots Family Asphodelaceae Scientific name Thelionema caespitosum | Clade Angiosperms Order Asparagales Subfamily Hemerocallidoideae Rank Species | |
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Similar Thelionema, Stypandra, Stypandra glauca, Caesia, Arthropodium milleflorum | ||
Thelionema caespitosum, the tufted lily or tufted blue-lily, is a species of perennial herb, native to Australia. The lily-like flowers are blue, light blue, pale yellow or white and have yellow stamens.
The species occurs in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
It was first described by botanist Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae, and given the name Stypandra caespitosa. The species was transferred to a new genus, Thelionema, in 1985.
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