Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Schelhammera undulata

Flowering stem. Photographer Jackie Miles

Flowering plants. Photographer Richard Hartland, Bemm River, Vic

Flowering plants. Photographer Don Wood, Mumbulla Mountain north of Bega

Common name

Lilac Lily

Family

Colchicaceae

Where found

Forest, shrubland, and moist sites. Coast and ranges.

Notes

Perennial herb to 0.20 m high or sprawling to prostrate, hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1.5–5 cm long, 7–18 mm wide, tips more or less pointed, bases tapering, margins wavy. Flowers pink to mauve, with 6 'petals', each 7–12 mm long. Flowers single or in few-flowered clusters. Flowers Spring.

Family Uvulariaceae in PlantNET.

Rare Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Schelhammera~undulata (accessed 14 April 2021)