Arecaceae
Wait-a-while
Calamus australis
- Family
- Arecaceae
- Genus
- Calamus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 南方省藤, 昆士兰省藤
- English
- Wait-a-while, Hairy mary, Lawyer cane
- hsb
- Australska plećaca palma
Synonyms
- Calamus amischus Burret
- Calamus iaboolum F.M.Bailey
- Calamus jaboolum F.M.Bailey
- Calamus obstruens F.Muell.
- Palmijuncus australis (Mart.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tim from Ithaca, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Calamus
- RattanCalamus rotangArecaceae
- Calamus dracoArecaceae
- C. tenuisCalamus tenuisArecaceae
- C. viminalisCalamus viminalisArecaceae
- Viagra palmCalamus erectusArecaceae
- Calamus gibbsianusArecaceae
- Calamus mananArecaceae
- C. ornatusCalamus ornatusArecaceae
- Calamus thwaitesiiArecaceae
- Rattan palmCalamus acanthospathusArecaceae
- Calamus castaneusArecaceae
- Calamus egregiusArecaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.