Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Gymnostachys anceps
Common name
Settlers' Twine, Boorgay
Family
Araceae
Where found
Wet forest and wet gullies. Coast and ranges north from west of Ulladulla.
Notes
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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