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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Blueberry lily
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|species = revoluta
|image = Dianella revoluta.jpg
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|authority = [[R.Br.]]<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Dianella revoluta'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/100445|website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=1 November 2020}}</ref>
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'''''Dianella revoluta''''', commonly known as '''blueberry lily''', '''blue flax-lily''',<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Karen L. |title=''Dianella revoluta'' R.Br. |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dianella~revoluta |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |accessdate=2 November 2020}}</ref> or '''black-anther flax-lily''',<ref name="RGBV">{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville |last2=Ohlsen |first2=Daniel |title=''Dianella revoluta'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/2c50f8b2-db48-4a27-831a-7e471fdaa39b |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |accessdate=2 November 2020}}</ref> a species of flowering plant in the family [[Asphodelaceae]] and is [[Endemism|endemic]] to, and widespread in Australia. It is a tufted, [[Perennial plant|perennial]] [[Herbaceous plant|herb]] with grass-like leaves and up to nine blue or violet flowers with six [[tepal]]s, and [[stamen]]s with bright yellow [[Stamen#Morphology and terminology|filaments]] and pale brown to almost black [[Stamen#anther|anthers]].
==Description==
''Dianella revoluta'' is a tufted, perennial herb with stems less than {{cvt|15|cm}} long and touching or up to {{cvt|30|cm}} apart. The leaves are folded lengthwise and grass-like, {{cvt|15–85|cm}} long and {{cvt|3–23|mm}} wide. The flowers are blue to violet and are arranged in groups of two to nine, each flower {{cvt|10–20|mm}} wide on a [[Pedicel (botany)|pedicel]] {{cvt|5–35|mm}} long. The three [[sepal]]s are {{cvt|5.5–10|mm}} long with five to seven veins and the petals {{cvt|5.2–9.5|mm}} long with five veins. The stamen filaments are {{cvt|0.6–2.3|mm}} long and bright yellow, the anthers {{cvt|2.5–4.5|mm}} long and pale brown to almost black. Flowering mainly occurs from spring to early summer and the fruit is a blue to purple [[Berry (fruit)|berry]], {{cvt|4–10|mm}} long.<ref name="RBGS" /><ref name="ABRS">{{cite web |last1=Henderson |first1=Rodney J.F. |title=''Dianella revoluta'' |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Dianella%20revoluta |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Neville |title=''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''revoluta'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/8168f420-2e27-40ef-b764-deee12b1be98 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="rhs">[[Anthony Huxley]], Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (1992). ''The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening''. The Macmillan Press, Limited: London. The Stockton Press: New York. {{ISBN|978-0-333-47494-5}} (set).</ref>
==Taxonomy==
''Dianella revoluta'' was first formally described in 1810 by [[Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)|Robert Brown]] in his ''[[Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen]]''.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Dianella revoluta''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/527427|publisher=APNI|accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="R.Br.">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |title=Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae |date=1810 |publisher=Typis R. Taylor et socii,1810 |location=London |page=280 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21871#page/148/mode/1up |accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>
Five varieties of ''D. revoluta'' are accepted by the [[Australian Plant Census]]:
* ''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''divaricata'' <small>(R.Br.) [[Rodney John Francis Henderson|R.J.F.Henderson]];</small><ref name="APC1">{{cite web |title=''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''divaricata'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/100468|website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>
* ''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''minor'' <small>R.J.F.Henderson</small>;<ref name="APC2">{{cite web |title=''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''minor'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/100480|website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>
* ''Dianella revoluta'' <small>R.Br.</small> var. ''revoluta'' <small>R.J.F.Henderson</small>;<ref name="APC3">{{cite web |title=''Dianella revoluta'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/100486|website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>
* ''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''tenuis'' <small>R.J.F.Henderson;</small><ref name="APC4">{{cite web |title=''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''tenuis'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/100491|website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>
* ''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''vinosa'' <small>R.J.F.Henderson.</small><ref name="APC5">{{cite web |title=''Dianella revoluta'' var. ''vinosa'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/100493|website=Australian Plant Census |accessdate=3 November 2020}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat==
Blueberry lily is common and widespread in all Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory but not the Northern Territory, growing in a wide range of habitats apart from very wet and very dry habitats.<ref name="ABRS" />
==Uses==
The berry of ''D. revoluta'' is reported to be edible.<ref name="food">Wild food plants of Australia, Tim Low</ref>
==Cultural use==
[[Dianella, Western Australia]] was named after this plant, which was plentiful in the area prior to the 1960s residential development.<ref>{{cite web|title=Perth suburb names|url=http://www0.landgate.wa.gov.au/maps-and-imagery/wa-geographic-names/name-history/historical-suburb-names#D|website=Landgate|publisher=Government of Western Australia|accessdate=17 October 2017}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Asparagales of Australia]]
[[Category:Flora of New South Wales]]
[[Category:Flora of Western Australia]]
[[Category:Flora of South Australia]]
[[Category:Flora of Queensland]]
[[Category:Flora of the Australian Capital Territory]]
[[Category:Flora of Tasmania]]
[[Category:Flora of Victoria (
[[Category:Plants described in 1810]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)]]
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