Flower&berries
Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Dianella longifolia var. longifolia synonym: Dianella laevis |
| Common Name: | blueberry lily, blue flax-lily, pale flax-lily, smooth flax lily |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Lily, Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Low Growing Shrub (30 cm to 1 m), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Popular (bulk), Cottage, Indigenous Plant Use |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | Dark blue or purple berries edibleCAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Well Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 30-80 cm x 50 cm |
| Foliage: | Spreading bright green strap leaves 20-80 cm x 4-12 mm, V-shaped or Y-shaped in cross section, usually smooth on edges and midrib, not sheathed at base. Bases often purplish. |
| Flowers: | Pale blue. Pale yellow anthers, orange swelling on stalk, August-January. Open flowerheads, petals spreading to slightly turned back, flower stem higher than leaves. Berries shiny pale to mid blue. Flowers open in afternoon. |
| General Comments: | Upright, narrowly tufted perennial, usually single clumps or with short underground stems. Clumps sometimes fan-shaped at base. Attractive clumping plant for rockeries, cottage gardens and underplanting of established trees. Birds like the berries. |
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| Similar Plant(s): | Lomandra longifolia |
