Common name: Vanilla Lily Family name: Liliaceae Botanical name: Arthropodium spp. Flowering/fruiting season: Late summer (Flood, 1980:93)
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)

Use code:
ROOT

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