Typhonium liliifolium is a species of plant in the arum family that is endemic to Australia.

Description

The species is a deciduous geophytic, perennial herb, which resprouts annually from a corm 5 cm in diameter. The narrowly lanceolate leaves, up to 30 cm long by 3–8 cm wide, are borne on stalks up to 30 cm long. The flower is enclosed in a 10–24 cm long spathe.

Typhonium liliifolium

Distribution and habitat

The species is known from the tropical Northern Kimberley region of north-west Western Australia, as well as the Victoria River area of the Top End of the Northern Territory, where it grows in savanna woodland and open scrub.

Typhonium liliifolium

References

liliifolium

Monocots of Australia

Flora of the Northern Territory

Flora of Western Australia

Taxa named by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott

Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller

Plants described in 1860

Typhonium liliifolium