Class
Family
Scapose, tuberous, monoecious perennial herbs. Leaves hastate or sagittate. Inflorescence solitary, terminal, scape terete; spathe funnel-shaped. Spadix much < spathe; female flowers basal, sterile flowers between these and male flowers, with upper zone of sterile flowers below terminal, clavate, stipitate appendage. Berry scarlet or purplish.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Exotic: Casual | 1 |
Total | 2 |