Lilies & Irises

This group includes any herbaceous monocot that has prominent flowers in which the flower parts are in two whorls. Monocots have one seed leaf compared to two in dicotyledons. Mature plants are recognised by parallel longitudinal veins in their often narrow leaves and by having flowers parts in threes or multiples of three.

Identification is largely on differences in flower parts, the number of flowers borne at each part of the stem from which a leaf is attached or on the form of basal leaves. Ideally records for lilies and irises should include close-up photographs of the flowers and basal leaves and a shot that shows flower arrangement along the stem.

Lilies & Irises

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Tapirlord wrote:

17 Nov 2023

How thick Is thick? This strikes me as D.tarda over D.longifolia, but if the leaves are more than a centimetre across when flattened then this will be D.longifolia.

Dianella tarda

KL wrote:

17 Sep 2022

thankyou

Tricoryne elatior

Tapirlord wrote:

15 Sep 2022

Could well be, i'm guessing you'll have a lot of this species

Burchardia umbellata

Tapirlord wrote:

15 Sep 2022

Strikes me as yellow rush lilly (Tricoryne elatior) over hypoxis