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Drymophila cyanocarpa
Also called Turquoise Berry
Native Solomon's Seal is a rhizomatous woodland perennial from south-eastern Australia, growing in shaded wet eucalypt forest understory. It grows best in cool, moist, shaded conditions with humus-rich soil.
Drymophila cyanocarpa commonly known as turquoise berry or native Solomon's seal, is a monocot species of flowering plant in the family Alstroemeriaceae (formerly Liliaceae). The genus Drymophila has 2 species, D. cyanocarpa and D. moorei, both of which are native to Australia. D. moorei has orange-yellow berries and is found in northern NSW and Queensland. D. cyanocarpa is found in Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales (NSW).
A common understory species that is found in wet eucalypt (wet sclerophyll) forest from sea level up to 900m. It is found in forests throughout Tasmania and less commonly in Victoria and NSW. In Victoria, it is typically found in the south-east of the state but can be found as far west as Otway National Park in western Victoria. In New South Wales it is restricted to the south east of the state up to Canberra.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drymophila cyanocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
