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Arthropodium milleflorum (includes A. pendulum) (Asparagaceae) 4B:384

    



Arthropodium milleflorum
(pale vanilla-lily) is a tufted plant to c. 1.3 m high with plump tubers attached at the ends of the roots. The leaves are grass-like and up to 40 cm long. The inflorescence has one to four flowers per node, on a scape to 50 cm long.
The flowers have perianth segments (petals and sepals) which are white or pale blue to purple and the  stamens have filament hairs which are white tinged with purple (rarely entirely white) and purple, white or green anthers.


 







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