Yellow Rush Lily

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Tricoryne elatior


A sprawling to semi-erect plant. Branched flower stem to 70 cm with numerous yellow flowers to 8 mm.


Details
Flora Type
Lilies, orchids
Distinctive Features

The flowers spirally twist after flowering.

Biology

A perennial lily with underground stems (rhizomes) and a smalll number of linear grey-green leaves to 10 cm long, which wither at the start of flowering.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Feb

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Asparagales
Family
Hemerocallidaceae
Genus
Tricoryne
Species
elatior

This species may persist in degraded and grazed sites.


Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native