
Blue Tinsel Lily
Calectasia cyanea
Family Dasypogonaceae
Critically Endangered (EPBC Act) — single known population
About
A clump-forming perennial herb with an extremely restricted range around Torndirrup National Park and Albany — a 2005 survey counted roughly 70 plants across only about 0.02 km² of yellow sand over laterite.
How to spot it
Grows to about 60cm tall with narrow leaves 6.5-13.2mm long. Flowers have six dark-blue petals fading to white with age, and yellow anthers that turn orange-red as they mature; blooms June-October.
Found in
- Torndirrup National Park
Source: Wikipedia: Calectasia cyanea
Photo: Geoff Derrin (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons