Palm Lily

Description:

Very variable. Height: from 0.6-3 metres, occasionally 5 metres. Fruits: red, 1cm. The dark green, lance-shaped leaves also vary a lot, between 20-50cm long and from 5-12cm wide. Petioles also vary from 5-20cm long. One reliable feature is the glaucous underside of the leaves, especially when alive. It occurs in rainforest and wet eucalypt forest in north Queensland, from Cape York to Rockhampton, including Mt. Lewis, It is also reported in the Northern Territory.