Dianella admixta
Flax lily
(c) János Vörösbaranyi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) János Vörösbaranyi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) János Vörösbaranyi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit can be eaten raw or made into juice.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It suits well drained dry clay soils.
Australia*,
How to Identify
A shrub that forms tufts. It grows 30-80 cm tall and 50-150 cm wide. The leaves are dark green above and more pale underneath. They are 15-65 cm long by 5-12 mm wide. The flowers are cone shaped and open. They are blue to violet.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Dianella admixta, also known as the Black-anther lily or Spreading flax-lily or Black-anther flax lily, is a species of Dianella native to South-eastern Australia. It was once considered to be a subspecies or variety of Dianella revoluta. D. admixta is a dense tufted perennial that typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 0.8 m (1 ft 0 in to 2 ft 7 in) and a width of 0.5 to 1.5 m (1 ft 8 in to 4 ft 11 in) and spreads by underground stems. It produces small blue flowers that bloom from August to May. It's berries and seeds are considered edible.
References (1)
- Hastings Advance Community College, 2017, Uses for Native Plants of the Mornington Peninsula. 86pp. p 37
