Flora of Victoria

Plants tufted, to c. 1.2 m high. Roots tuberous, tubers to c. 2 cm long, 3–5 cm from rootstock; base of plant sheathed by persistent leaf fibres. Leaves linear, flat or slightly channelled, 10–60 cm long, 1–10 mm wide. Inflorescence erect, usually branched. Flowers solitary in bract axils, deep pink or mauve, chocolate-scented, pedicels usually erect, to 35 mm long; perianth segments 6–14 mm long, spreading or slightly recurved, petals broader than sepals and with thin, undulate margins; stamens shorter than perianth segments, anthers purple with bright yellow appendages. Capsule ovoid, c. 4–7 mm long. Seeds c. 2–3 mm long. Flowers mostly Oct.–Dec.

CVU, DunT, EGL, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Also SA, NSW, Tas. Locally abundant, particularly in grassy plains and woodlands, throughout much of the State, but rare in the mallee (Little Desert only), and absent from the alps and the far east beyond Bairnsdale area.

A variant, differing from the typical in having pedicels bent from the axis at right angles or slightly more, and with anther appendages purple, appears to be confined to the north-east in the Chiltern-Benalla district (Mt Pilot, Moyhu etc.). Its taxonomic status is under investigation.

Source: Conran, J.G. (1994). Liliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Asparagales

family Asparagaceae

genus Arthropodium

Higher taxa

species Arthropodium strictum R.Br.

Synonyms

Dichopogon strictus (R.Br.) Baker

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Arthropodium strictum in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Arthropodium strictum in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Northern Territory
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania

Arthropodium strictum R.Br.

Chocolate Lily

Synonyms

Victoria

State distribution