Tricoryne elatior

Yellow Rush Lily at Tura Beach, NSW

Tricoryne elatior at Tura Beach, NSW - 15 Feb 2020
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Identification history

Hypoxis hygrometrica var. hygrometrica 16 Feb 2020 dcnicholls

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Among native grass

2 comments

JackieMiles wrote:
   17 Feb 2020
The long wiry stems are a give-away for Tricoryne. Hypoxis is much more compact and leafy at the base of the rosette. Also more of a spring flowerer in my experience, whereas Tricoryne will go any time if there is rain.
dcnicholls wrote:
   17 Feb 2020
Thanks, Jackie. Lillies aren't my thing :-)

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Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 15 Flower dimension
  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Tricoryne elatior Scientific name
  • Yellow Rush Lily Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 846.36m Recorded at altitude
  • 469 images trained Machine learning
  • In flower

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