- Pronunciation: ann-ah-LEE-mah ah-cue-min-ART-um
- Common Name: Native Wandering Jew
- Derivation: Aneilema: Gr. an - not, eilo - to coil (lacking Spathe) acuminatum: Acuminate - somewhat concave and tapered to protracted point (refers Leaf shape)
- Type: Herb
- Family: COMMELINACEAE
- Size: to 40 cm
- Flowers: Summer/Autumn, white, 3 Petals panicles up to 15cm long. Fertile stamens 2 or 3. Staminodes 3. (Staminode: rudimentary Stamen without a fertile Anther.)
- Fruit: flattened Capsule, Seed rugose (covered with wrinkles)
- Vegetation Type: Wallum Woodland, Rainforest. Moist shaded areas, often in or near Rainforest.
- Species List: Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Wooroi Palm Grove, Janet, Kin Kin Scrub, NC,
Identification Notes
Leaves Stem-clasping, Alternate, darker below. Similar to Lawn Lily, but with white flowers on long slender stalks and shorter, broader Leaves
