Scientific Name: Dianella longifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    dee-ah-NELL-ah long-gee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Pale Flax Lily
  • Type:
    Clumping plant
  • Family:
    PHORMIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Pale blue, yellow blue to white - spring and summer
  • Fruit:
    Berry
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland and duneland,
  • Species List:
    Bush food, Cooroibah airstrip, Fraser Island, TAFE, Girraween, NNP Tanglewood, BHNR, Heritage Park
Cultural Notes

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

Bush food: fruit edible in small quantities (may cause dizziness) liver damage?. Roots pounded and roasted.

Identification Notes

Flowers held at an angle rather than vertically Filament orange Anther pale yellow Petals mostly 3-nerved Leaf blades erect but often drooping at ends

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Large dingy skipper, Yellow banded dart.

Landscaping Notes

Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type)