Scientific Name: Dianella caerulea var. protensa

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  • Pronunciation:
    dye-ah-NELL-ah sah-RULE-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Common flax lily
  • Type:
    Rhizomatous perennial
  • Family:
    HEMEROCALLIDACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    Blue or green-blue flowers all year
  • Fruit:
    Blue - purple fruit to 15mm
  • Flowers Color:
    Blue
  • Fruit Color:
    Blue
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet and Dry Eucalypt Forest on sandy soils
  • Species List:
    Leslie Drive Roundabout, EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Weyba Esp, SBHS, W2, Bush food, Peregian Boardwalk, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Sunshine Beach Primary, Cooroy Primary School, Cooroibah26.4.09, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Wooroi Palm Grove, Cooloothin Corner, Banana, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Mill Point, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Boreen Point, NNP Tanglewood, Noosa Banks, Dandaloo, Arthur Harrold NR, Girraween, Stratford Park, NNS, Heritage Park,
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush food: Blue berries eaten raw when ripe (but can be injurious to the liver according to Brisbane SGAP). roots pounded cooked and eaten.

Identification Notes

Flower spike taller than foliage. ||Leaf blades have finely toothed margins. ||Stem leaf arrangement distinctive.||Flower filament yellow. Anther pale yellow/brown.||

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Large dingy skipper, Yellow banded dart. Lewin\\\'s Honeyeater enjoys the fruits of this plant.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . ||Low tufting plant, suckering to form clumps in well drained sites. ||Useful for protected seaside planting.||Propagation is from seed, ripening in summer and autumn, and germinating easily. Clumps may also be divided. Will grow in sun or shade in a variety of soils.||Feature foliage|| Fire retardant species.