The Chocolate Lily (Athropodium Strictum)
BELOW IS A SLIDESHOW OF THE CHOCOLATE LILY
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The Chocolate Lily
INDIGENOUS USAGE
Chocolate lilies have a characteristic chocolate scent. The tubers were cooked and eaten as indigenous food.
Chocolate lilies have a characteristic chocolate scent. The tubers were cooked and eaten as indigenous food.
INTERESTING FACT
A tufted perennial lily with grass-like leaves. Most lilies regenerate each year from tubers or tuberous root stock.
A tufted perennial lily with grass-like leaves. Most lilies regenerate each year from tubers or tuberous root stock.
FACTS
The chocolate lily is a herb/graminoid that belongs to the lily group. On the Skipton Common the chocolate lily flowers/blooms late November to January. To identify a chocolate lily the characteristics must be similar to this; the flowers stem must be 1.2 m tall, usually branched,the peatles of the flower must be a deep pink or mauve up to 14 mm long when fully grown. The chocolate lily is a plant that grows in lighter soil, in grasslands and is native to Australia.
The chocolate lily is a herb/graminoid that belongs to the lily group. On the Skipton Common the chocolate lily flowers/blooms late November to January. To identify a chocolate lily the characteristics must be similar to this; the flowers stem must be 1.2 m tall, usually branched,the peatles of the flower must be a deep pink or mauve up to 14 mm long when fully grown. The chocolate lily is a plant that grows in lighter soil, in grasslands and is native to Australia.
Photos by Georgie green
Facts by Bronte Molloy
Facts by Bronte Molloy