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Grasslilies
Caesia
Caesia is a genus of herbs in the family Asphodelaceae, subfamily Hemerocallidoideae, native to Australia, New Guinea, Madagascar and Southern Africa. The mostly 3-lobed seed capsules contain rounded black seeds.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

blue grass lily
speciesCaesia calliantha

Pale Grass Lily
speciesCaesia parviflora

Common Grasslily
speciesCaesia contorta

Pale Grass Lily
speciesCaesia micrantha

Allday Grasslily
speciesCaesia sabulosa

Drooping Grass-lily
speciesCaesia walalbai

Caesia occidentalis
speciesCaesia occidentalis

Caesia setifera
speciesCaesia setifera

Cushion Grasslily
speciesCaesia capensis

Caesia chlorantha
speciesCaesia chlorantha

Caesia alpina
speciesCaesia alpina

Caesia arcuata
speciesCaesia arcuata
Caesia viscida
speciesCaesia viscida
Caesia rigidifolia
speciesCaesia rigidifolia
Caesia subulata
speciesCaesia subulata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 324014.