Christmas Bells

Blandfordia nobilis

''Blandfordia nobilis'', commonly known as Christmas Bells, is a tufted perennial herb native to eastern Australia. Known as Gadigalbudyari in the Cadigal language of the local Indigenous Australians.
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Appearance

''Blandfordia nobilis'' grows as a tufted perennial herb. The strappy green leaves are up to 75 cm long and 0.3 to 0.5 cm wide. The leafless flower stalks growing directly from the ground are up to 80 cm long. Flowering occurs in late spring and summer. The flowers are yellow and red, around 4 cm long. In groups of 3 to 20 flowers. A three sided green seed pod forms later in summer, usually around 6 cm long.

Distribution

''Blandfordia nobilis'' grows on poor sandstone soils and swampy areas, between the towns of Sydney, Milton and Braidwood. In wet heathland it is associated with sundews and ''Schoenus brevifolius''.

Habitat

''Blandfordia nobilis'' grows on poor sandstone soils and swampy areas, between the towns of Sydney, Milton and Braidwood. In wet heathland it is associated with sundews and ''Schoenus brevifolius''.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderAsparagales
FamilyBlandfordiaceae
GenusBlandfordia
SpeciesB. nobilis
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Australia