Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Eustrephus latifolius
Common name
Wombat berry
Family
Asparagaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, heath, and near streams. Coast and ranges. Occasionally in the mountainous parts of the tablelands.
Notes
Vine or shrub, stems to about 10 m long, with short rhizomes. Fruit somewhat fleshy. Seeds with fleshy arils. Stems hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2.5–12 cm long, 3–40 mm wide, dull, all veins equally distinct, upper surface a different colour from lower surface, tips pointed. Flowers white to pale pink or mauve, 10–18 mm in diameter, with 6 'petals', the inner 3 fringed with long wavy hairs. Flowers in few flowered clusters. Seed cases yellow to orange, oval, 10–20 mm in diameter. Seeds black, with white arils partly enclosing the seeds. Flowers spring–summer.
Family Luzuriagaceae in PlantNET.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Eustrephus~latifolius (accessed 20 April 2021)
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