Thelionema umbellatum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend. is a plant in the Asphodelaceae family, order Asparagales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Thelionema umbellatum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend.

Thelionema umbellatum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend.

Thelionema umbellatum, the lemon flax lily, is an Australian native perennial herb first published in 1810 and reclassified in 1985.

Family
Genus
Thelionema
Order
Asparagales
Class
Liliopsida

About Thelionema umbellatum (R.Br.) R.J.F.Hend.

Thelionema umbellatum, commonly called the lemon flax lily, is a perennial herb species native to Australia. It grows up to 40 centimeters tall, and produces lily-like white flowers with yellow stamens. This species is found in Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales. In New South Wales, it occurs south of Swansea, growing in shallow or peat-based soils, from coastal areas up to 1,000 metres above sea level. It is one of the many plant species first published by Robert Brown; its type is recorded as "(J.) v.v.". It appeared in Brown's work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810. The specific epithet umbellatum is misleading, as the plant's flowers form in cymes rather than umbels. It was originally known as Stypandra umbellatum, and was transferred to the new genus Thelionema in 1985.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Asparagales Asphodelaceae Thelionema

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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