Calostemma purpureum 

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Monocots > Asparagales > Amaryllidaceae  Calostemma purpureum

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Plant  information

Common name:               Garland Lily

Conservation status:   . . .

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• Flowers may be cream, yellow, pink or purple

• The plant flowers during summer when there are no leaves

• It bursts into flower in the midst of the heat of an Australian summer, when most other plants are not flowering

• The flowers are purple-pink in colour forming in an umbel of 5-10 showy flowers

• They appear on a stalk around 30 cm long

Fruit:                         

• The flowers are replaced in autumn by clusters of large, berry-like seeds

• The seeds may germinate while still on the plant

• They germinate very readily but it may take three or four years before the new plant first flowers

Leaves:         

• Leaves form from the bulb during winter, and die off during spring

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It is a long-lived perennial flowering plant 

Habitat:   

• Related to the common daffodil, garland lilies were once common in large colonies in grassy areas, in particular the plain on which the city of Adelaide now stands

• Due to urbanisation and grazing, the garland lily is now rare, only occurring in small pockets in parks on the outskirts of the city

Distribution:                  

• It is native to South Australia, Victoria and NSW

Additional notes:     

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calostemma_purpureum (2023)