Blandfordia

For the former suburb of Canberra, Australia, see Forrest, Australian Capital Territory.

Christmas bells
Illustration of Blandfordia grandiflora by Edward Minchen[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Blandfordiaceae
R.Dahlgren & Clifford[2]
Genus: Blandfordia
Sm.[1]
Distribution

Blandfordia, commonly known as Christmas bells,[4] is a genus of four species of flowering plants native to eastern Australia. Christmas bells are tufted, perennial herbs with narrow, linear leaves and up to twenty large, drooping, cylindrical or bell-shaped flowers.

  1. ^ "Blandfordia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference APG4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Maiden, Joseph (1895–1898). The flowering plants and ferns of New South Wales (Part 5). Government Printer, Sydney. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ Gollnow, Bettina; Dick, Gordon; Dalley, Paul. "Growing Blandfordia (Christmas bells) commercially" (PDF). New South Wales Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 19 January 2019.