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Scientific Name : Burchardia umbellata
Common Name : Milkmaids
Height : 300 mm
Description : A single flower stem emerges each year from a tuberous rootstock. Ther are 1 or 2 Cauline leaves, up to 200 mm long, Linear and channelled. There are 2 to 9 sweet scented flowers arranged in an Umbel. The Tepals are Ovate, up to 10mm long, white on the upper surface, but pink on the under surface. There are 6 Stamens, shorter than the Tepals, with pinkish Anthers and the Superior Ovary is deep pink, prominent in the centre of the flower. The fruit is a dry capsule 12 mm long.
Habitat : Heaths and open forest.
Distribution : All states of Australia, except for the Northern Territory. Common across most of Victoria, but absent from the North-West. Common in the Park on hillsides on both sides of Fosters Gully, especially on Stringybark Ridge.
Flowering Season : October and November
Family : Liliaceae
 
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Milkmaids flower head in forest above Fosters Gully