Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asparagales Link
Family
Asparagaceae Juss.
Genus
Arthropodium R.Br.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Arthropodium candidum Raoul (1844)
Vernacular Name(s):
Repehina-papa; Small renga lily; Star lily
 Description

Delicate summergreen plants forming small colonies; a conical tuber c. 10 × 6 mm. forms at the base of each annual shoot, sts connected to that of the previous year by a slender rhizome up to 10 cm. long. Lvs c. 10–30 cm. × 3–10 mm., linear, ± flaccid; midrib and nerves inconspicuous; sheath membr. Infl. us. exceeding lvs; peduncle very slender, often < panicle; panicle narrow, either simple and raceme-like or with a few slender laterals; main bracts lflike. Fls solitary or in uneven-aged groups of 2–3; pedicels 1–2 cm. long, pale above the joint. Per. c. 1 cm. diam., white; tepals acute, subequal or the outer slightly broader. Stamens much < tepals; anther-tails almost wholly adnate to filament, white. Capsule c. 3 × 3.5 mm., sulcate; valves keeled and shortly horned towards base. Seeds c. 6 in each locule, to 1.4 mm. long, black with a surface pattern of minute hexagons. n = 11.

[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Jan.; Fruiting: Jan.–Feb.

 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]