Mountain Christmas Bell (Blandfordia cunninghamii)
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Family: Liliaceae Flowering Period: The Mountain Christmas Bell flowers in summer. Usually only a few plants flower at a time. After a bush fire large numbers will flower. Distribution: The Mountain Christmas Bell is quite rare & only found in a few location in the upper Blue Mountains & in an isolated population at Mt Kembla near Wollongong. Comments: The Mountain Christmas Bell grows on rock ledges and in open forest. The flowers are a beautiful bell shape, red at the top with yellow lobes. The leaves are wider than other Christmas Bell species. The flexible leaves usually lean downhill. Sightings: |
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