Murdannia graminea: is a member of the Commelinaceae family and is known as the Grass Lily. Another rather unfortunate name is Slug Herb.

Murdannia graminea is a perennial herb with thick, tuberous roots. Aboriginal people ate the roots. Leaves are 10 to 30 centimetres long, linear and bluish-green. Flowers are carried in loose, branched inflorescences on stalks up to 60 centimetres tall. The individual flowers are three-petalled, two centimetres across and blue or lavender, rarely white. Flowering is sometimes initiated by heavy rain. The capsules, that follow the flowers, are egg-shaped about one centimetre long and contain black seeds.

Murdannia graminea is a widely distributed species that grows in open forest, often in moist soil. The species is found in New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

The Grass Lily could be grown amongst small native shrubs or in containers.

Propagate from fresh seed.

 

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