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Thysanotus patersonii
An attractive tiny climbing vine with flowers about 10mm wide but no visible leaves. The wiry stems use anything down to the size of grass stems to wind themselves around.
In a dry sclerophyll forest dominated by silver leafed stringybark eucalyptus. Baluk William Flora Reserve.
Thanks for correct ID Vinny. Size of flower, twining habit, lack of leaves define species.
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Oct 15, 2014
Submitted on Oct 15, 2014
2 Comments
I love the fringe lilies. First saw one in WA.
The climbing habit you've described sounds a bit like T. patersonii, T. tuberosus has a larger flower (4.5cm wide rather than 1.5cm) might help with the I.D...