Dianella tasmanica

Botanical Name: Dianella tasmanica
Common Name: Forest flaxlily
Family: Liliaceae
Size: 50-150cm
Leaves: Broad, linear, strap-like, Y-shaped in cross section to 1m long, distinctly serrated along the margins and undersurface of central veins.
Flowers: Clusters on long stalks with 6 small white/blue petals, with prominent yellow stamens, on strong many branched stems.
Flowering Time: Spring/summer.
Fruit: Blue/purple, shiny berry, containing many black seeds.

Habitat/distribution: Widely adaptable from coast to 800m, common understorey plant in wet sclerophyll and rainforests. Also Vic, NSW.
Where to See: Throughout Tasmania especially in shady moist positions. Bass Strait, Maria and Bruny Islands; Ben Lomond NP entrance, Cradle Mountain/Lake St Claire, Mt Field, Narawntapu, Rocky Cape and Tasman National Parks; Bluff River Gorge, Bridport Wildflower, Knocklofty, Orford, Peter Murrell, Wellington Park, Wielangta Forest and many other Reserves; many other places such as Cockle Creek, Dunbarton, Mole Creek area, McKays Road near Lake Leake Rd Swansea area, Tullah area and Pieman River near Smithton; Heritage Forest Tasmanian Native Garden; Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens; Tasmanian Bushland Garden, Buckland; and The Tasmanian Arboretum, Eugenana; also many home gardens.
Other notes: A herbaceous perennial, forming a dense clump, spreading by rhizomes. This plant has excellent horticultural potential. It may be useful as a riparian or bank stabiliser due to the spreading rhizomes.