Romnalda grallata
Romnalda grallata is a species of plant in the asparagus family Asparagaceae endemic to a small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It was first described in 1982 and has a conservation status of least concern.
Description
Stem and foliage
Romnalda grallata is a perennial herb up to tall, with a slim stem up to thick. The stem may lay on the ground or grow upright, and it often produces stilt roots up to long. The leaves tightly clustered towards the end of each stem, and arranged alternately in two spirals. They measure up to long but only about wide, and may be curved slightly left or right. The leaf blade terminates with 3–8 small teeth.
Flowers
The inflorescence is a panicle up to long with few branches carrying clusters of small flowers. Each flower has six tepals in two whorls of three, the tepals white and about long. The flowers are 'perfect', i.e. they have both male and female parts; there are six stamens about long, and the ovary contains three chambers, each with two ovules. The style is about long.
Fruit
The fruit is a yellow-orange capsule about long, with three segments, each with nil, one or two seeds.
Conservation
This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act., it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.