Arthropodium milleflorum
Vanilla Lily at Cotter River, ACT
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| Arthropodium milleflorum | BettyDonWood | 23 Feb 2017 | |
| Arthropodium milleflorum | BettyDonWood | 23 Feb 2017 | |
| Arthropodium glareosorum | BettyDonWood | 24 Jan 2017 | |
| Unverified | JudithRoach | 24 Jan 2017 |
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photographed on the Mount Aggie walking trail. I had a little trouble pin pointing it exactly on the map.
8 comments
25 Jan 2017
This is only the second sighting of this species on CNM. The other one was last week at Kosciuszko National Park! It differs from the common one is havinfg white hairs on the stamens, not purple.
25 Jan 2017
Hi Betty, I'm going up there again next week so I'll break out the macro lens and try and get some better photos. A good number up there along the track and easy to find.
25 Jan 2017
The current photos are great anyway. Try to get a photo of a leaf and the whole plant. The green colour of the leaf (not bluish and waxy) is the other diagnostic.
25 Jan 2017
Will do :-) No problems with poaching out there? There's a sign at Bulls Head reminding people not to interfere with the foliage, so I'm hoping it's unlikely. Glad I photographed it. I was really after butterflies, but this pretty jumped out as one I couldn't remember seeing before so I popped it in as a after thought. Maybe because it's been such a wet year it's coming out
26 Jan 2017
I have had to do a rethink about this and have just put the problem to the experts. This comes out as Arthropodium sp. SE Highlands with Plantnet and Arthropodium milleflorum with Vicflora. Your plant is the same as all the other sightings in the ACT.
23 Feb 2017
On advice from Dave Albrecht of the Australian National Herbarium that anther colour is the defining character, and hair colour on the stamens is very variable.
23 Feb 2017
Thanks Betty, I'll shove a macro lens in my kit if I head out again, and get close-ups and the whole plant, if any thing interesting pops out at me.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.797220-35.403376
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 24 Jan 2017 12:54 PM Recorded on
- JudithRoach Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
Collections
- JudithRoach Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Arthropodium milleflorum Lilies & Irises Plants
Species information
- Arthropodium milleflorum Scientific name
- Vanilla Lily Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1751m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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