Lilies & Irises

This group includes any herbaceous monocot that has prominent flowers in which the flower parts are in two whorls. Monocots have one seed leaf compared to two in dicotyledons. Mature plants are recognised by parallel longitudinal veins in their often narrow leaves and by having flowers parts in threes or multiples of three.

Identification is largely on differences in flower parts, the number of flowers borne at each part of the stem from which a leaf is attached or on the form of basal leaves. Ideally records for lilies and irises should include close-up photographs of the flowers and basal leaves and a shot that shows flower arrangement along the stem.

Lilies & Irises

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JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

27 Jan 2025

I re-checked these:
references (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=Hypoxis
• https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hypoxis~hygrometrica
• https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Hypoxis~hygrometrica~var.+villosisepala
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Hypoxis hygrometrica var. villosisepala

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

27 Jan 2025

Ref' (in brief, without the full citation):

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

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

17 Jan 2025

Could also be Dianella longifolia

Dianella sp.

Tapirlord wrote:

14 Jan 2025

What on earth is happening here? Why was this not left at genus.

Dianella sp.

sangio7 wrote:

11 Jan 2025

Incidentally, images of the toothed leaf margins and midribs of these plants can be found in the original sighting:4595098 .