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  Regnum '' Plantae ''
  Ordo '' Asparagales ''
  Familia '' Doryanthaceae ''
  Genus '' Doryanthes ''
  Binomial ''Doryanthes excelsa''


The Gymea Lily (''Doryanthes excelsa'') is a Flowering Plant indigenous to the coastal areas of New South Wales near Sydney .

The plant has sword-like leaves more than a meter long. It flowers in spring and summer, sending up a flower spike up to 6 m high, which at its apex bears a large cluster of bright red flowers, each 10 cm across.

The name Gymea Lily is derived from a local Eora dialect. The Sydney suburbs of Gymea and Gymea Bay are named after the lily.

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