This is a spectacular threatened Lily that is the only member of its genus on earth. It is known from a few cold wet dark waterfalls in New England NP at 900-1200m elevation in Nothofagus Beech Cool Temperate Rainforest.Usually for a monocotyledon it has 10-14 tepals rather than 6-12.
Carpet of Milligania lindoniana (redflower milligania) going to seed above the cliffs of Walled Mountain. Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania.
Painiu, Menzies' asteliaAsteliaceae (Astelia family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Niihau and Kahoolawe. Common to fairly common on most of the main islands, but rare on Oahu)Hawaii Island (Cultivated)Early Hawaiians used the silvery leaves in lei. Hats were braided from the shiny outer leaves, sometimes with other plant materials, as a sign that one had visited Klauea Crater. Painiu was rarely used for house thatch.The leaves are still incorporated in modern lei for neck, head, wrist, ankle, and for the horse.EtymologyThe genus name Astelia is derived from the Greek, a, without, and stele, column or pillar, in reference to the habit of plants in this genus having little or no stem.The species epithet menziesiana refers to Archibald Menzies (1754-1842) a Scottish surgeon and naturalist, and the first to taxonomically identify the species.NPH00001nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Astelia_menziesiana
Summary[edit] Description: English: Astelia fragrans near Franz Josef Glacier, Westland (New Zealand). Date: 21 November 2017, 04:36:08. Source: Own work. Author: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz.
Two small plants of Milligania lindoniana (redflower milligania) and Milligania densiflora (silky milligania) growing next to each other in snow patch vegetation on Walled Mountain, Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania.M.lindoniana (on the left) is a smaller plant with much much whiter lower leaf surfaces than the larger and more common M.densiflora (right). If this location is typical M.lindoniana appears to occupy much more open exposed herbfield locations than M.densiflora which occured more frequently amongst boulders or scrub.The genus Milligania is endemic to Tasmania and is composed of five species, three alpine and two found in the western lowlands.
Summary[edit] Description: Astelia banksii (mature female plant) with unripe berries; each spike is 8–12 cm (3.1–4.7 in) long, with the whole inflorescence about 30 cm (12 in) tall. Date: 12 June 2021. Source: Own work. Author: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Astelia fragrans, bush lily, kakaha, in Upper Hutt bush, New Zealand. Date: 26 April 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Rudolph89.