Curculigo ensifolia R.Br.

Plant 10–50 cm tall; corm vertically elongated, 1–16 cm long, to 1 cm wide. Leaf lamina flat, complicate or ±plicate, arched; pseudopetiole absent or to 20 cm long. Inflorescences 1–6; peduncle 0.5–4 cm long, flattened; bracts attenuate, 2–6.5 cm long, lowest spathe-like and sheathing, upper when present basally fused to axis internode; lower 1–3 flowers bisexual, remainder ♂. Perianth villous abaxially; tube 1.5–3 cm long above ovary; lobes ± elliptic, 5–12 mm long, yellow, glabrous adaxially. Stamens 3.5–5.5 mm long; anthers 1.5–4 mm long, versatile. Stylar limb 1.6–4.8 mm long including stigmatic lobes 0.6–2.5 mm long; ovary 2–3 mm long. Fruit oblong but irregular, 6–11 mm long, 2.5–4.5 mm wide. Seeds ± ellipsoidal, 3–4.5 mm long.

It suits subtropical and warm temperate climates. It grows in moist areas and rainforests. It grows in litter on rocky slopes. It needs a well drained soil and protected location.

The long fleshy tubers are dug up and roasted in coals then peeled and eaten.

Plants are grown from seed or by dividing the rhizome.