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Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson
Family Commelinaceae
Common name: Inch Plant

Callisia fragrans (Lindl.) Woodson APNI*

Description: Robust, stoloniferous, perennial herbs; stems ascending, to 1 m high.

Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblong to lanceolate, glabrous, 15–30 cm long, 2.5–6 cm wide; apex acuminate.

Inflorescences terminal, panicle-like, to 55 cm or more; flowers fragrant, subsessile; petals white, lanceolate, 6 mm; stamens 6, all fertile, long-exserted, filaments glabrous; ovary 3-locular, stigma penicillate.

3-valved capsules.


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Flowering: Late Winter to Spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Garden escape. NSW: North and Central Coast regions and Lord Howe Island; native of Mexico.

Disturbed areas close to habitation.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld
AVH map***

Text by Peter G. Wilson (2001); edited KL Wilson (Jan 2015)
Taxon concept: Fl. North America vol. 22


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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