Lilies & Irises
This group includes any herbaceous monocot that has prominent flowers in which the flower parts are in two whorls. Monocots have one seed leaf compared to two in dicotyledons. Mature plants are recognised by parallel longitudinal veins in their often narrow leaves and by having flowers parts in threes or multiples of three.
Identification is largely on differences in flower parts, the number of flowers borne at each part of the stem from which a leaf is attached or on the form of basal leaves. Ideally records for lilies and irises should include close-up photographs of the flowers and basal leaves and a shot that shows flower arrangement along the stem.
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TwoRivers
wrote:
5 Sep 2025
Will shortly add the last photos I have but I'm afraid they are not much closer but are from a different angle. Maybe that will help.
Wurmbea biglandulosa
JasonPStewartNMsnc2016
wrote:
5 Sep 2025
@TwoRivers . Good morning !
In the second photograph,
second flower up from the bottom shown flower,
left–most tepal,
i see what looks like two separated white nectaries ? Is this visual interpretation correct please?
Any more photographs please?
I'm looking for clearer vision of these white nectaries .
If not two separated nectaries per tepal,
rather "Tepals usually with 1 nectary or with apparently 2 nectaries comprising a transverse band with a relatively narrow gap at midline of tepal",
then likely _Wurmbea latifolia_ .
Reference:
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Wurmbea
.
In the second photograph,
second flower up from the bottom shown flower,
left–most tepal,
i see what looks like two separated white nectaries ? Is this visual interpretation correct please?
Any more photographs please?
I'm looking for clearer vision of these white nectaries .
If not two separated nectaries per tepal,
rather "Tepals usually with 1 nectary or with apparently 2 nectaries comprising a transverse band with a relatively narrow gap at midline of tepal",
then likely _Wurmbea latifolia_ .
Reference:
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Wurmbea
.
Wurmbea biglandulosa
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