Scientific Name: Thelionema caespitosum

Common Name: tufted lily

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Hemerocallidaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb with grass-like leaves, often in small tussocks.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.45

Flowers: Usually pale yellow/cream or blue (much less common, apparently confined to the north of the state). Star-like with 6 stamens, yellow and bent in the open flower.

Fruit: Papery capsule – 3 celled.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKingboroughLatrobeMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationHeath
Habitat Notes

Very common in coastal heaths and wet soaks, also under light forest cover, sea level to about 700m altitude.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Very difficult to grow from seed.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Treatment Notes

Smoke treatment did not improve results for this species. Temperature may be critical – i.e. not above 18°C.

Cutting & Division Information

Usually propagated by division.