Family: Liliaceae
Plant: A sprawling, clump-forming tufted herb up to 1m high with scales on the stems. The most common Dianella in the area.
Flowers: Blue flowers with yellow anthers in a much-branched terminal cyme on a leafy stalk that usually projects beyond the foliage. The flowers have 6 recurved petals and 6 protruding thickened yellow stamens.
Flowering: October-February.
Fruit: Blue to purple oval berry 7mm long.
Leaves: Strap-like, 30-40cm long and 1-2cm wide in 2-ranked tufts supported by elongated aerial stems covered with brown scale-like bracts. The leaves are hard, stiff and glossy, sheathing and folded at their base and then flat for most of their length.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland in sandy soils.
Features: Blue flowers. Bunches of blue to purple berries. Strap-like foliage.
Name:
Dianella After Greek goddess Diana
caerulea From Latin = rich-blue (referring to its flowers)
producta From Latin = extended (referring to its aerial stems)
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Blue, Violet |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Berry |
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Colour |
Blue, Purple |
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Other Features |
Fleshy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate, Basal, Tufted |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Strap-like |
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Length |
Long, Very Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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