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Scientific Name
Thysanotus patersonii
Family Name
LILIACEAE
Common Name
Twining Fringe-lily
Status
Height
60-80cm
Flowers
Bears many solitary, purple flowers with fringed flower petals.
Fruit
Capsule
Form
Lily with long, thin, spirally twining stem and very few leaves.
Municipalities
Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; West Tamar
Communities
Habitat Notes
Heaths and open woodland, coastal near sea level, and inland to 1000m a.s.l., in the North East, Midlands and East Coast.
Site Tolerance
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Soil Tolerance
General Notes
Propagate from seed. Likes a well-drained, sunny position where the stem can be supported by rocks or other plants. A cluster of edible white, watery tubers is found at the base of the lily stem, which Aboriginal people in Victoria probably would have cooked before eating. Suitable below powerlines.
Propagation Details
Propagation Calendar
Flowering Months
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
Jan
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
Jan
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Cutting Months
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Mar
Apr
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Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Each capsule contains 4-6 more or less spherical seeds, 1.5mm in diameter, which changes from creamy-green to black when mature. Can be difficult to collect sufficient seed as individuals do not produce large quantities of seed and are scattered in distribution. Sow within 6 months of seed collection.
Seed Treatment Method
Smoke
Seed Storage Life
6 months
Viable Seeds Per Gram
Seed Treatment Notes
Smoke treatment may be successful.
Germination Time
Suitable for Direct Seeding
Cuttings
Expected Time to Take Root
Expected Time to Plant Out
Propagation by Division
N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.
Cutting Notes
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