Blueberry lily | |
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Near the Great Ocean Road | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asphodelaceae |
Subfamily: | Hemerocallidoideae |
Genus: | Dianella |
Species: | D. revoluta
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Binomial name | |
Dianella revoluta |
Dianella revoluta, commonly known as blueberry lily, blue flax-lily,[2] or black-anther flax-lily,[3] a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae and is endemic to, and widespread in Australia. It is a tufted, perennial herb with grass-like leaves and up to nine blue or violet flowers with six tepals, and stamens with bright yellow filaments and pale brown to almost black anthers.