About cerulean flax-lily
Dianella ensifolia is a flowering plant, of the family Asphodelaceae. It is native to southern China, India, Japan, Madagascar, Malesia, the Pacific Islands, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and tropical Asia. Its common names include umbrella dracaena, common dianella, siak-siak, and flax lily.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dianella ensifolia
- Genus
- Dianella
- Family
- LILIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands and Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Pacific Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)

Botanical family
Liliaceae
Lily Family
cerulean flax-lily belongs to the Liliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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