Blandfordia grandiflora

Christmas bells
Blandfordia grandiflora
Brisbane Water National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Blandfordiaceae
Genus: Blandfordia
Species:
B. grandiflora
Binomial name
Blandfordia grandiflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Blandfordia speciosa Link
  • Blandfordia intermedia Herb.
  • Blandfordia flammea Lindl. ex Paxton
  • Blandfordia aurea Hook.f.
  • Blandfordia grandiflora var. intermedia (Herb.) Baker
  • Blandfordia princeps W.G.Sm.
  • Blandfordia flammea var. princeps (W.G.Sm.) Baker
  • Blandfordia flammea var. aurea (Hook.f.) Benth. ex Bailey

Blandfordia grandiflora, commonly known as Christmas bells,[2] is a flowering plant endemic to eastern Australia. It is a tufted perennial herb with narrow, channelled, linear leaves and between two and twenty large, drooping, bell-shaped flowers. The flowers are red with yellow tips, or sometimes entirely yellow. It is one of four species of Blandfordia known as Christmas bells, this one growing on the coast and nearby ranges between Sydney in New South Wales and Fraser Island in Queensland.

Habitat in the Gibraltar Range National Park
  1. ^ a b "Blandfordia grandiflora". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RBGS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).