Doryanthes palmeri (Spear Lily) - Large clumping plant with many 8 feet long sword-like, flexible leaves. Summer-blooming crimson red flowers bloom on flower stalks which barely rise out of the foliage at a diagonal angle to the ground.
The genus Doryanthes was first described in 1802 by the Portuguese priest, statesman, philosopher and botanist José Francisco Correia de Serra (1750-1823), a close friend of Sir Joseph Banks.
Palmer Spear-Lily [English]: Doryanthes palmeri
Palmer Spleenwort [English]: Asplenium palmeri
Palmer Trumpet-Tree [English]: Tabebuia impetiginosa
Palmer´s Amaranth [English]: Amaranthus palmeri ...
The endangered Border Ranges daisy (Brachyscome ascendens) and the vulnerable giant spear lily (Doryanthes palmeri) are two more species from this region that are known to be treatened by mistflower (Ageratina riparia).
Pollen fossils assignable to Iridaceae-Isophysis or to Doryanthes have been found in Late Cretaceous rocks ca 75-70 million years of age from Eastern Siberia (Hoffmann & Zetter 2010).
Doryanthes excelsa
Double Flowering Cowslip (Caltha palustris 'Flore Plena')
Double Flowering Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris 'Flore Plena')
Doublefile Viburnum (Viburnum plicatum tomentosum 'Mariesii') ...
 See also: Lily, Gunnera manicata, Heath, Dodonaea viscosa, Correa
  
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