Climbing vine to 10 m from a short rhizome. Stems more or less woody, much branched, twining. Leaves numerous, linear to broadly ovate, inverted. Inflorescence an open, cymose panicle. Flowers numerous, spreading, to 15 mm wide; spring.Tepals white. Berry 6-10 mm long, ovoid, black.

Coastal E Australia to the Philippines and New Caledonia.

The young shoots are edible.

Source: Conran, J. (2005). Hemerocallidaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.