Caesia parviflora R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Caesia

Characteristics

Rhizome branched; roots clustered, ±fleshy-fibrous or narrowly tuberous. Leaves to 40 cm long; lamina 1-8 mm wide, arched, often complicate; sheath ±scarious. Inflorescence 10-55 cm tall; axis slender, 1-few-branched; lower bracts to 20 cm long; clusters 2-6-flowered, the lowest subtended by short subulate bracts to 10 mm long; upper bracts subulate, down to 1.8 mm long; pedicels slender, 3-10 mm long. Perianth segments narrowly elliptic, 3-8.5 mm long, greenish white to blue. Stamens to 4.5 mm long; anthers 0.5-1 mm long; filaments fusiform. Capsule strongly 3-lobed, to 5 mm wide. Seed 1.3-2.3 mm wide; testa granulate and sparsely tuberculate, dull.
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A lily which keeps growing from year to year. It is a grass-like herb. It grows 10-25 cm high and spreads 10-25 cm wide. The roots are slightly fleshy. The leaves are grass-like. They are 25 cm long and slender. They occur in tufts. They are less than 5 mm wide. The flower has slender petals 3-10 mm long. They can be white, pink or blue. They are white with bluish-grey veins. The flowers are on leafless stems and are in the axils of bracts. They have white stamens with yellow anthers. After flowering they form a twisted shape.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.25
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Grows in heath, woodland and dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone-derived soils. Found in a range of open habitats. Found in more or less damp situations, often in sandy soils in somewhat swampy areas.
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It is a temperate plant. They grow in heaths and woodlands. It grows in poor, dry soils in open forests. It is resistant to drought and frost. Tasmanian Herbarium.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The tubers are roasted and eaten. These may contain oxalates that would need to be washed out.
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Edible roots tubers
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Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed. It can also be grown by division.
Mode seedlings
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Images

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Distribution

Caesia parviflora world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:532341-1
WFO ID wfo-0000762610
COL ID 5X6PM
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Caesia parviflora

Lower taxons

Caesia parviflora var. vittata Caesia parviflora var. parviflora