Dianella pavopennacea R.J.F.Hend.

Plant to 1.5 m high, tufted, solitary; tufts 5-50 cm wide at base. Roots fibrous. Stems 0.1-1.2 m long, adjacent or up to 10 cm apart. Leaf sheath conduplicate, slightly occluded distally; lamina 0.5-2.8 cm wide, ±flat, cucullate, obtuse. Inflorescence exceeding foliage, ±conical in outline, interrupted; pedicels 3-10 mm long, rounded to ±ridged. Perianth segments narrowly ovate to elliptic, sky-blue to purple. Sepals 4.3-10 mm long, 5-7-nerved. Petals 3.6-9 mm long, usually 3-or 4-nerved. Filament swelling 0.5-1.3 mm long, yellow; anthers yellow-green to red-brown. Ovules 4-6 per locule. Berry 5-8 mm long. Seed 2.8-3.9 mm long; testa smooth but microscopically areolate and alveolate, black, shiny.

A tropical plant. It grows in vine thickets and open woodland. In tropical Queensland it grows from sea level to 450 m altitude.