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Calectasia grandiflora

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Species of flowering plant

Blue tinsel lily
C. grandiflora at Mount Barker.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Arecales
Family: Dasypogonaceae
Genus: Calectasia
Species: C. grandiflora
Binomial name
Calectasia grandiflora
L.Preiss
Occurrence data from AVH

Calectasia grandiflora, commonly known as the blue tinsel lily, is a plant in the family Dasypogonaceae growing as a perennial herb endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It flowers in spring.

Description

Calectasia grandiflora is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing to a height of about 60 cm (24 in). The stems have many side branches and bear leaves 5.2–16.5 x 0.4–1.2 mm. The six petals are blue but turn red as they age; the central anthers are yellow and do not change colour as they age, unlike those of some other Calectasia species. Flowers appear from June to October (Winter and Spring) overall, though earlier in Perth than in the wheatbelt and Stirling Ranges.

Taxonomy and naming

Calectasia grandiflora is one of eleven species in the genus Calectasia. It was first described by Ludwig Preiss in Plantae Preissianae in 1846. The specific epithet (grandiflorum) is from the Latin grandis = great and floris = flower referring to the flowers that are relatively large compared to those of the similar C. narragara. It is commonly called the blue tinsel lily. "Large-flowered tinsel lily" has been proposed as an alternate common name to distinguish it from other members of the genus.

Distribution and habitat

Blue tinsel lily grows on sand, sandy clay, gravel, laterite and granite in swampy areas and on rock outcrops, flats, slopes and ridges. It is endemic to the south-western corner of Western Australia, occurring in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions.

Conservation status

Calectasia grandiflora is not threatened at present.

References

  1. ^ Barrett, Russell L.; Dixon, Kingsley W. (8 January 2001). "A revision of the genus Calectasia (Calectasiaceae) with eight new species described from south-west Western Australia". Nuytsia. 13 (3): 426–427. doi:10.58828/nuy00346. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 58. ISBN 0646402439.
  3. Preiss, Ludwig (1846). "Calectasieae". Plantae Preissianae. 2: 53. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  4. "Calectasia grandiflora". APNI. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  5. ^ Spooner, Amanda. "Florabase: The Western Australia Flora - Calectasia grandiflora". Retrieved 18 February 2015.
Taxon identifiers
Calectasia grandiflora
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