Grass lily

Grass like herb up to 60cm tall but often much shorter, often with more or less tuberous roots. graminea from the Latin ‘gramen’ grass.


Weed Category:
Weed:	No
Form or habit:	Grass or grass-like plant
Family:	Commelinaceae
Leaf:	Grass like, up to 30 x 0.8cm, sheathing at the base, somewhat scabrous.
Flower conspicuous:	Conspicuous
Flower colour:	Blue, White, Mauve, Pink
Flower description:	Terminal panicles of pink, blue or mauve flowers (rarely white). Summer to autumn.
Fruit conspicuous:	Conspicuous
Fruit colour:	Green
Fruit:
Fruit description:	Green capsules, up to 8mm long.
Habitat:	Open forest.
Distribution	Queensland, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Western Australia.
Food source for:
Toxicity:	No toxicity known
Origin:	Australia.
Notes:	The tuberous roots, although bland and fibrous, are edible raw.
Information sources:	Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia.