Patersonia Occidentalis (seed)

Patersonia occidentalis is a striking perennial that thrives in diverse garden settings. This clumping, grass-like plant emerges from underground rhizomes, delivering reliable hardiness and minimal maintenance requirements. From spring through summer, it produces abundant purple-blue flowers that rise gracefully above the foliage—each bloom lasts just a day, but prolific flowering ensures continuous color throughout the season. The evergreen, strappy foliage provides year-round structure, while the plant's adaptability to loamy, sandy, and clay soils makes it ideal for landscaping across warm temperate, cool temperate, and Mediterranean climates. Also known as komma in Noongar language, this member of the Iridaceae family is equally stunning in white cultivar forms.