Pollia crispata (R.Br.) Benth.

Bentham, G. (1878) Flora Australiensis 7: 90.

Perennial herb; stems ascending, to about 1 m tall, rooting at the base

Leaf blades 100-190 x 15-30 mm, glabrous, free petiole quite short (2-4 mm) sheathing section about 20-25 mm long, with parallel veins; sheath 2.5-3.5 cm long, undulate-crisped around the orifice.

Inflorescence almost sessile, 3.5-5 cm long. Floral bracts cup-shaped. Flower pedicellate. Sepals white with brown specks and flecks. Outer tepals imbricate; inner tepals 4-6 mm long, white or sometimes blue; anterior fertile stamens 3, posterior staminodes 3, either filaments glabrous.

Fruit enclosed in persistent sepals; ovoid, blue, 5-6 mm long; very glossy. Seeds grey.

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Occurs in NEQ, and in southern Queensland southwards to southern New South Wales. Altitudinal range from 60-740 m. Found in rainforest and occasionally in notophyll vine forest.