Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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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)