Borya
Tussocking or rhizomatous perennial herbs. Roots wiry, often stilt-like. Stems branched. Leaves stiff, pointed, sometimes deciduous, linear, clustered on stem apices or secund, leaf-base persistent. Inflorescence a terminal pedunculate bracteate head. Flowers bisexual, sessile, each enclosed by a bract and bracteole; perianth tubular in lower part, lobed (in 2 whorls) above; stamens 6, filaments filiform, anthers basifixed; ovary superior, 3-locular, ovules numerous, in 2 rows; stigma minute, capitate. Fruit a capsule; seeds 1–4, ornamented, black.
About 11 species, endemic in tropical and temperate Australia, predominantly in WA. Several species are drought-tolerant, dormant and brown- or orange-leaved during the dry season, rehydrating and becoming green again in the wet season.
Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 637–686. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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