Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Arthropodium strictum
Common name
Chocolate lily
Family
Asparagaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland and grassy areas. Coastal mainly north from the Wollongong district. Otherwise widespread.
Notes
Perennial herb to 1.2 m high. Leaves basal, 9–65 cm long, 1–12 mm wide. Flowers usually chocolate scented. Flowers with 6 'petals' each 6–14 mm long, usually more or less purple. Anthers deep pink or mauve to purple, with yellow appendages. Anther filaments not besrded. Flowers in an interrupted cluster up the stem 0–100 cm long and with one flower per node. Flowering: Aug.–Jan.
Dichopogon strictus in NSW.
Family Anthericaceae in NSW.
PlantNET description (as Dichopogon strictus): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dichopogon~strictus (accessed 2 April 2021)
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