Wachendorfia thyrsiflora L.

Perennial herb to 2.5 m tall with cylindrical rhizomes that root at the nodes. Leaves deeply pleated, to nearly 1 m long and 8 cm wide overtopped by the flower spikes which are dense and cylindrical. Flowers with perianth segments over 1 cm wide, yellow. Stamens and style spreading and about two thirds the length of the tepals.

South Africa, Clanwilliam to Cape

In Victoria this species has shown the propensity to become weedy, spreading by self-seeding in the Upper Beaconsfield and Emerald area, and Millgrove near Warburton.

Source: Spencer, R. (2005). Haemodoraceae. 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.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Lilianae
order      Commelinales
family       Haemodoraceae
genus        Wachendorfia Burm.