Scientific Name: Dianella revoluta

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  • Pronunciation:
    dye-ah-NELL-ah re-vol-UTE-ah
  • Common Name:
    Spreading Flax Lily
  • Type:
    Clumping plant
  • Family:
    HEMEROCALLIDACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    Dark blue - summer
  • Fruit:
    Blue to purple fruit to 10mm
  • Flowers Color:
    Blue
  • Fruit Color:
    Blue
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    Emu Swamp, Bush food, Emu Mt., Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, Emu Swamp
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?

Identification Notes

Very strongly recurved leaf margins

Associated Fauna

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