Blandfordia

Christmas bells
Illustration of Blandfordia grandiflora by Edward Minchen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Blandfordiaceae
R.Dahlgren & Clifford
Genus: Blandfordia
Sm.
Distribution
For the former suburb of Canberra, Australia, see Forrest, Australian Capital Territory.

Blandfordia, commonly known as Christmas bells, is a genus of four species of flowering plants native to eastern Australia. Christmas bells are tufted, perennial herbs with narrow, linear leaves and up to twenty large, drooping, cylindrical or bell-shaped flowers.

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