Scientific Name: Patersonia sericea

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  • Common Name:
    Native Iris
  • Type:
    Clumping
  • Family:
    IRIDACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Dark Blue winter spring
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Heath
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Landcare Display Garden, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Cooroibah26.4.09, Fraser Island, Noosa North Shore PS TAFE Girraween Emu Swamp Noosa River NP BHNR Arthur Harrold NR, Marcus Dunes,, NNS,
Identification Notes

Bracts below flowers are silky hairy.||Leaves basal.||Filaments organically fused for 2/3 length.||

Associated Fauna

Ground Parrot habit. Butterfly host plant: Halyzia skipper.

Landscaping Notes

Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type). Likes sunny or part shaded well drained situations. Ideal for rockeries. Can tolerate some saline soils.||Featured in Noosa Landcare Display Garden at Pomona as a filler.||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||