Dianella Longifolia "Pale Flax Lily" -seeds

Family: Phormiaceae  

Sprouting: 30-90 days. 

Dianella Longifolia is a perennial herb to 1 m high. Leaves mostly basal, pale blue-green, forming loose clumps to 60 cm high; flower-spike a panicle with pale blue flowers and much longer than the foliage.  Anthers yellow. Flowering between September and January.

Round deep-blue to purple berries containing numerous shiny black ovoid seeds to 4 mm long and 3 mm wide.

Seeds are non-dormant, viable seed should germinate readily.

Photo of flower: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons; retrieved 21 May 2024 –10.40am AEST and edited using Canva.

Photo of seeds: - June Parkin; Location: Sydney NSW, Australia; Date: 6OCT2023

The only Dianella thought to be unsuitable for eating.  DO NOT EAT THESE!!!!!!

*****Please note:  Seed only.  These are NOT live plants!!  Quarantine restrictions and inspection fees prohibit the sale of seeds to Western Australia and Internationally.