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Gardening with
Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use Identification & Control
of Common Weeds

Botanical Name:Dianella revoluta var. revoluta 
Synonym(s):   Dianella admixta 
Common Name:Black-anther Flax-lily  , Spreading Flaxlily  , Blue-Flax Lily  , Blueberry Lily 
Sold As:5" Pot ($5.00)
Plant
Type(s):
Lily, Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Bird Attracting, Butterfly Attracting, Insect Attracting, Indigenous Plant Use
Indigenous Plant Use:Dark blue or purple berries edible when ripe.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly
Growing
Conditions:
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Clay, Dry, Well Drained
Size
(HxW):
0.3-0.8 m x 0.5-1.5 m
Foliage:Narrow erect dark green strap leaves, paler on lower surface, 15-65 cm x 0.5-1.2 cm, sheathed at base. Sheaths reddish. Leaf margins rolled under, finely toothed, midrib smooth.
Flowers:Blue to violet. Anther brown to black, stalk swellings yellow, August-May. Open, conical-shaped flowerhead on a stalk taller than leaves, petals spreading to curved back. Berry small, shiny, dark blue.
General
Comments:

Dense to open tufting perennial spreading by branched underground stems.

Birds like the berries.

Useful small tufting plants for drier gardens, cottage gardens and rockeries. Grows well under established trees.

Likes to go in well drained drier clay soils, widespread throughout many plant communities. Snow and frost tolerant.

Further
Information:
  1. Whitehorse Council 
  2. Yarra Ranges Council 
  3. Australian Plant Society (NSW) 
  4. iNaturalist 
  5. Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia) 
  6. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA) 


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