Asparagus family : ASPARAGACEAE (LILIIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Asparagus aethiopicus Asparagus Fern Sydney, August 2006	Asparagus densiflorus Emerald Fern Wyee, October 2009	Asparagus macowanii Ming Fern Wyee, September 2009	Asparagus officinalis Edible Asparagus Wyee, January 2008
Asparagus plumosus Climbing Asparagus Sydney, August 2006	Aspidistra elatior 'Variegata' Cast Iron Plant Wyee, December 2011	Cordyline australis 'Purpurea' Purple Cabbage tree Sydney, June 2008	Cordyline fruticosa Ti Plant Sydney, August 2006
Cordyline stricta Narrow-leaved Palm Lily Wyee, November 2007	Lomandra confertifolia ssp. rubiginosa Rusty Mat Rush Sydney, April 2007	Lomandra effusa Scented Mat Rush Mungo, NSW Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens	Lomandra filiformis Wattle Mat Rush Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington Wonboyn, NSW.
Lomandra glauca Pale Mat Rush Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington Wonboyn, NSW.	Lomandra longifolia Spiny Headed Mat Rush Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington Wonboyn, NSW.	Lomandra multiflora Many Flowered Mat Rush Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington Wonboyn, NSW.	Lomandra species Another Mat Rush Sydney, October 2006
Myrsiphyllium asparagoides Bridal Creeper Wyee, August 2007	Ophiopogon japonicus 'Nanus' Dwarf Mondo Grass Wyee, February 2007	Ophiopogon planiscapus nigrescens Black Mondo Grass Wyee, February 2007	Sansevieria trifasciata Mother-in-law's Tongue Bundaberg, December 2006

Thysanotus multiflorus Many Flowered Fringe Lily Fishery Beach, October 2014 (Photo: courtesy of Jean Gundry)

Many caterpillars of Australian Butterflies and Moths favour the leaves or culms of plants in ASPARAGACEAE for their food, including:

Dispar compacta	Sabera dobboe	Toxidia peron	Trapezites eliena	Trapezites heteromaculatus
Trapezites iacchoides	Trapezites iacchus	Trapezites lutea	Trapezites maheta	Trapezites macqueeni
Trapezites petalia	Trapezites phigalia	Trapezites phigalioides	Trapezites praxedes	Trapezites sciron

Trapezites symmomus

Trapezites taori

Trapezites waterhousei

Charaxes sempronius

Synemon gratiosa

Synemon jcaria

Synemon laeta

Hednota bivitella

Lomera species

Epiphyas postvittana

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 21 December 2015, 14 January 2024)