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.
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waltraud
wrote:
Yesterday
I can't verify the species from photos but most likely B. bulbosa; I still wonder though if there are naturally occurring B. glauca on Mt Majura.
Bulbine bulbosa
Mike
wrote:
3 Nov 2025
I think it is a gladiolus, but with so many species and cultivars I couldn't say which one. I hope it doesn't spread too far.
Unverified Lily or Iris
Tapirlord
wrote:
27 Oct 2025
ID correction for consistency. Essentially D.longifolia
Dianella sp. aff. longifolia (Benambra)
Significant sightings
- Thelionema umbellatum at Tinderry, NSW
- Dianella tarda at Castlemaine, VIC
- Dianella amoena at Barrington Tops, NSW
- Iris orientalis at Cooma North Ridge Reserve
- Dianella tarda at Suttons Dam
- Ornithogalum umbellatum at Watson, ACT
- Doryanthes excelsa at Fingal Bay, NSW
- Burchardia umbellata at Hackett, ACT
- Arthropodium glareosorum at Moruya, NSW
- Arum italicum at West Albury, NSW
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