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Thysanotus patersonii ‘Twining Fringe Lily’


$4.50

Small, slender twining perennial with tuberous roots. Virtually leafless, with small fringed purple lily flowers in spring. Tasmanian bush tucker.

Feature Codes: BCKbOP
Seeds per gram: 420

Description

Provenance: Tasmania

Climbing or prostrate plant with thin twining stem 0.15 -0.5m in height.

Purple flowers with fringed feather like petals.

Tuberous roots.

Dies back in summer.

Tubers can be cooked – bush food.

Drought tolerant.

Native gardens, grasslands

 

 

 

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