{"id":1685,"date":"2023-12-24T08:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T08:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tanyaloos.com\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2024-01-12T23:22:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T23:22:02","slug":"summer-wildflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tanyaloos.com\/summer-wildflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer wildflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wildflower season in the foothill forests is an ever-changing parade of colour. The first wave, in early August, \u00a0is purple hoveas and hardenbergia, offset by yellow wattle blossoms. Then we have a gold and orange pea party as all the \u2018egg and bacon\u2019 shrubs and groundcovers come into flower. But now, in early summer, it is time for some very bright individuals.<\/p>\n
We have already seen the flowering of one of our most exquisite blooms \u2013 the Fringed Violet or Common Fringe-lily. The species name is\u00a0Thysanotus tuberosus,<\/em>\u00a0with\u00a0tuberosus<\/em>\u00a0referring to their edible root, rather like a yam daisy I imagine. The Fringe-lily is a perennial herb, with very thin leaves and is quite hard to see on the forest floor until the flowers open. Each bloom flowers for only one day. When there are a dozen or more plants flowering in dry open forest among the grass tussocks it is a memorable sight!<\/p>\n