Vanilla Lily | Liliaceae
Australian Bush Tucker Vanilla Lily Posted on: 2021-10-25
Common name:
Vanilla Lily
Family name:
Liliaceae
Botanical name:
Arthropodium spp.
Flowering/fruiting season:
Late summer (Flood, 1980:93)
A. milleflorum (Vanilla Lily)A. milleflorum (Vanilla Lily)
Location:
Open grassy areas (Fraser & McJannett, 1993:69)
Use:
Food
Edible tuberous roots, fairly common (Flood, 1980:93)
Notes:
Arthropodium minus Small Vanilla Lily (uncommon in ACT)
A. milleflorum Vanilla Lily
Tapering tubers attached by stalks to underground stem, and persist for several seasons (Gott, 1995)
'One of the nicest scents in the bush! '(Fraser & McJannett, 1993:69)
A. minus - small lily, found in drier areas than A. milleflorum - tubers clustered close to base of plant - common to find in patches - non-starchy crisp tubers (Zola & Gott, 1992:42)
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Similar species:
Arthropodium fimbriatus Chocolate Lily (Fraser & McJannett, 1993)
A. strictus '… grows abundantly and has many root tubers branching out from each plant. The tubers which are white inside were roasted before they were eaten.' (Zola & Gott, 1992:42)
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