Shortly rhizomatous vine or sub-shrub to 5 m high. Leaves linear to broadly lanceolate, 2.5–12 cm long, 1–3.5 cm wide. Flowers 10–18 mm wide, white to pale pink or mauve; stamens slightly shorter than perianth segments; ovary 2–3 mm long. Capsule ovoid, 10–20 mm diam., yellow to orange; seeds numerous, 2.5–4 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide. Flowers Nov.–Jan.
VVP, GipP, EGL, EGU, HSF, MonT, HFE. Also Qld, NSW. Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia. A common component of warm-temperate rainforest and moist lowland forests from the Mitchell River Gorge area eastwards; occasionally cultivated.
Source:
Conran, J.G. (1994). Smilacaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 734–738. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
