Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Arthropodium sp. South-east Highlands

Common name

Greenish-flower Vanilla-lily

Family

Asparagaceae

Where found

Variety of habitats, including dry forest, woodland, and rocky situations. Mostly coast and ranges. Occasional elsewhere.

Notes

Perennial herb to 1 m tall. Leaves basal, 3–40 cm long, 1–10 mm wide, bright green. Flowers with 6 'petals' each 4–6 mm long, greenish pink. 'Petals' bent back. Filaments of the stamens with dense white hairs. Anthers white to pale green. Flowers usually 1–9 per node. Flowering chiefly November–February.

Full name Arthropodium sp. South-east Highlands (N.G.Walsh 811) Vic. Herbarium.

Arthropodium sp. B sensu Harden (1993) in PlantNET. Arthropodium sp. 2 in Vic.

Data deficient Vic. (as Arthropodium sp. 2).

Family Anthericaceae in PlantNET.

PlantNET description (as Arthropodium sp. B sensu Harden (1993)):  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Arthropodium~sp.+B+sensu+Harden+%281993%29 (accessed 26 April 2021)