Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Arthropodium fimbriatum
Common name
Nodding chocolate lily
Family
Asparagaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, shrubland, and grassland. Western Slopes, ACT, the mountains to the west, Kosciuszko National Park, and tablelands. Sydney area and the ranges to the west. Occasional elsewhere.
Notes
Perennial herb to about 1 m high. Leaves at the base of the plant, 5–35 cm long, usually 1–5 mm wide, often withered at flowering time. Flowers usually chocolate-scented. Flowers with 6 'petals', each 5–15 mm long, mauve to purple, 1–6 per node. Anthers purple, filaments of the stamens not bearded. Flowers in an interrupted cluster 15–100 cm long. Flowers in the ACT often withered by midday. Flowering: September–February.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
Dichopogon fimbriatus in NSW.
Family Anthericaceae in NSW.
PlantNET description (as Dichopogon fimbriatus): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dichopogon~fimbriatus (accessed 2 April 2021)
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