Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Aneilema biflorum
Common name
None
Family
Commelinaceae
Where found
Damp or shaded places, often near streams. Coast and ranges north of Bega.
Notes
Perennial herb to about 0.2 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2–5 cm long, 5–15 mm wide, with a sheath at the base, upper surface a different colour from lower surface, surfaces hairless to rough with minute projections. Flowers white, with 3 'petals' each 2–4 mm long. Usually 3 stamens producing pollen and 2-3 staminodes not producing pollen. Filaments of the stamens not bearded. Flowers in few-flowered clusters 1–2.5 cm long, not enclosed in a spathe-like bract. Flowering: December–March. Seed cases dry, green to brown.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?nswfl&lvl=sp&nameAneilemapage=~=biflorum (accessed 3 January, 2021)
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