Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Gymnostachys anceps
Settlers' Twine, Boorgay
Araceae
Wet forest and wet gullies. Coast and ranges north from west of Ulladulla.
Perennial herb or shrub to about 2 m tall. Fleshy ‘petals‘ and fruit. Leaves alternating up the stems, usually 100–150 cm long, mostly 10–25 mm wide, tough-fibrous, hairless, strongly veined, channelled, tapering to a point. Individual flowers small, with 4 fleshy 'petals'. Pollen bright yellow. Main axis of the inflorescence 1.5-3 m high. Individual flower spikes to about 120 mm long, at first with the flowers green and clustered, the flowers later darkening and becoming separated from each other. Flowers emerge over a long period of time. Fruit blue to blue-black. Flowering: throughout the year.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gymnostachys~anceps (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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