Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Sowerbaea juncea
Common name
Vanilla Plant, Rush Lily
Family
Asparagaceae
Where found
Damp areas in woodland, and wet heath. Coast, ranges, and tablelands.
Notes
Tufted perennial herb to about 0.75 m high. Leaves crowded at the base of the plant, 5–50 cm long, 0.8–2 mm wide, almost cylindrical to cylindrical, tips blunt. Flowers pink, mauve, purplish, or white, with 6 'petals', each 5–9 mm long. Flower clusters about 20-40 flowered. Flowers all year.
Family Anthericaceae in PlantNET
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sowerbaea~juncea (accessed 14 April 2021)
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