Aneilema acuminatum R.Br. APNI* Synonyms: Aneilema acuminatum var. marginatum C.Moore & Betche APNI*
Description: Weak, slender, perennial herb with ascending stems to c. 40 cm high.
Leaves with lamina discolorous, narrow-ovate to lanceolate, 4–10 cm long, 10–25 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate, upper surface minutely scabrous; sheath up to 20 mm long, ciliate at the orifice.
Inflorescence up to 15 cm long; pedicels slender, 2–8 mm long. Outer tepals 2–4 mm long; inner tepals 4–6 mm long, white. Fertile stamens 2 or 3, staminodes 3.
Fruit flattened, c. 4 mm long; seeds pale grey, rugose.
Flowering: August–January
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in rainforest or tall sclerophyll forest; north from Bulli district and inland to Barrington Tops.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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