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Dianella caerulea var. petasmatodes R.J.F.Hend.
Family Asphodelaceae
Dianella caerulea var. petasmatodes R.J.F.Hend. APNI*

Description: Plants forming mats to 2 m diam.; true stems to 1.8 m long; Stems elongating, with a few scales below several subequal leaves, leafy for most of their length; no extravaginal shoots.

Leaves not glaucous; leaf sheaths more than two-thirds occluded distally, ± biconvex in cross section in that region, not minutely papillose or pubescent.

Cymules many-flowered, contracted. Perianth dark bronze-green to blue-green.


Distribution and occurrence: Coast north from Lismore.

Grows in sclerophyll forest and on margins of rainforest on ranges, on sandy and clay-loams.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

Text by K. L. Wilson (1993); edited KL Wilson (June 2022)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993); based on R. Henderson (1987) Flora of Australia vol. 45


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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