Caesia calliantha
LILIACEAE
Blue grass lily
A tufted perennial plant, up to 50cm tall with broad finger shaped fibrous roots that are edible.
The base leaves are crowded, grass like, up to 30cm long x 9 to 15mm wide.
Flowers in clusters of 1 to 3 arising along the stems. 6 petals, lilac pale blue petals 6 to 9mm long, yellow anthers, star like flowers which will spiral on itself after flowering. Flowers Sept to Feb.
Seeds are held in solitary partitions in a capsule.
Found in SA, VIC, NSW, TAS in grasslands & woodlands.
Available in nurseries. Tolerates sandy, loam or clay soils, prefers well drained but moist sites not in the shade.