Arthropodium milleflorum
Vanilla Lily at Paddys River, ACT
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| Arthropodium milleflorum | BettyDonWood | 19 Jan 2015 | ||
| Arthropodium minus | galah681 | 16 Jan 2015 | ||
| Unverified | galah681 | 16 Jan 2015 |
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6 comments
18 Jan 2015
With 2 flowers per node and white filament hairs, this appears to be Arthropodium sp. South-east Highlands (N.G.Walsh 811) Vic. Herbarium (Arthropodium sp. A in PlantNET).
18 Jan 2015
Re the previous comment. I meant Arthropodium sp. B. I have added this as a synonym.
19 Jan 2015
I actually think Arthropodium sp A is more like my sighting as the anthers on species B are described as white to pale green while species A has black anthers, as does my photo.
19 Jan 2015
I rejected Arthropodium sp. A because the key stated that the inner tepals in this species are fimbriate (with a fringe of hairs). The inner tepals in your photo are certainly toothed but not fimbriate. I am inclined to agree with you that the colour of the anthers is more important.
19 Jan 2015
If this turns out to be Arthropodium sp. Snowy R. catchment (N.G.Walsh 6195) Vic. Herbarium
(Arthropodium sp. A) this will be the first sighting in the ACT. I have contacted an expert at the Australian National Herbarium for comment.
20 Jan 2015
The expert at the Australian National Herbarium says this is either Arthropodium milleflorum or Arthropodium sp. Snowy R. catchment (N.G.Walsh 6195) Vic. Herbarium but he could not see the inner tepals sufficiently clearly to be sure. He said as well " We recognise it on APC on the basis of recognition by the states, but looking at our collections I am not 100% sure that the name is being applied consistently or that we (collectively) even know what this thing is!"
Location information
- Coordinates 148.905798-35.467100
- Altitude 776.7m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 15 Jan 2015 09:00 AM Recorded on
- galah681 Recorded by
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Arthropodium milleflorum Scientific name
- Vanilla Lily Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1751m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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