Araceae

Settler's flax

Gymnostachys anceps R.Br.

Family: Araceae
Genus: Gymnostachys

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Settler's flax: Gymnostachys anceps (cultivated, labelled) Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne — Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 麻菖蒲
English: Settler's flax, Caterpillar flower, Settler's twine, Sword-sedge, Traveller's grass
Korean: 애벌레꽃

Synonyms

Gymnostachys gigantea Domin
Pothos anceps (R.Br.) Spreng. ex Schult. & Schult.f.

Photos

Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lucas Christofides, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Martin Hannan-Jones, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lucas Christofides, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Stephan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Greg Tasney, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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.