Dioscorea hastifolia
Common name: Warrine
Dioscorea is named after Pedianos Dioscorides, a Greek physician of the 1st century A.D. Hastifolia is from the Latin words hasta, meaning spear, and folium, meaning leaf.
Warrine.
The tubers of Dioscorea hastifolia were eaten like potatoes.
Occurs from Shark Bay south to Perth.
A scrambling or climbing shrub with stems up to 2 metres long. The yellow flowers are produced in a spike between May and July.
Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.
Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.
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Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2898257
Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/1509