Lilies & Irises

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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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Blandfordia grandiflora (Christmas Bells) at Bonny Hills, NSW - 20 Nov 2024 by pls047

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AaronClausen wrote:

6 Dec 2024

We soon hope to introduce a new "duplicate sighting" button that will make it easier to clone sightings recorded at the same location and same time, but for a different species and potentially with different media.

Thysanotus tuberosus

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

6 Dec 2024

My suggestion is for the 1st photo.

Thysanotus tuberosus

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

6 Dec 2024

Hello pls047. There are 5 species of plants in this sighting. We can only ID one species per sighting. Please remove 4 of the photos and submit each as separate sightings. Click on the Edit button then "remove file" in the Media box.

Thysanotus tuberosus

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

21 Oct 2024

Botanical Scholarly Literature References:

Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2024):  Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
• *Pollia crispata* (R.Br.) Benth. → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/88525/api/apni-format
Viewed: 2024 October 21st .

Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
 • *Pollia crispata* (R.Br.) Benth. → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pollia~crispata
Viewed: 2024 October 21st .
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Pollia crispata

JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 wrote:

21 Oct 2024

Tricoryne elatior