Arthropodium milleflorum (Redouté) J.F.Macbr.

Tubers ellipsoidal, 2–3 cm long, 3–5 mm wide, 2–8 cm from root stock. Leaves 1–17, 3–60 cm long, 1–17 mm wide, ± erect, persistent or withering early. Scape usually simple to 4-branched, 24–117 cm long; sterile bracts to 14 cm long. Flowers usually 2–9 per node; pedicels erect to spreading, 5–15 mm long, articulated 1.5–6 mm from base; bracts ± scarious, 1.5–8 mm long. Perianth segments 4–9 mm long, white to pale blue. Sepals linear, 1.3–3.5 mm wide. Petals elliptic, 2.5–6 mm wide. Anthers 1–2 mm long, occasionally recurved after shedding pollen; filaments 2–4.5 mm long, densely covered with erect hairs for 1–3 mm from anther. Ovary ± spherical, 0.8–1.5 mm diam.; style 3.5–6 mm long. Capsule 4–5 mm diam.; perianth persistent, later deciduous. [This description from the Arthropodium treatment in the Flora of Australia Volume 45 (Brittan 1987) requires revision as it includes A. pendulum which was treated as a synonym of A. in the Flora but now considered an accepted species following the Australian Plant Census (accessed 31 May 2022)-Editor.]

It is a temperate plant. It suits moist well drained soils. It grows in hilly and often rocky places. They grow in dry forest and woodlands. It suits light shade but can grow in full sun. It can tolerate frost. Hobart Botanical Gardens. Tasmania Herbarium.

The slender white tubers are eaten. They can be eaten raw or cooked.

Plants can be grown from seed or by division.