White ginger
Hedychium coronarium
family
Zingiberaceae
origin
Exotic
declaration
Category 3 Restricted Matter (Biosecurity Act 2014)
Must not be distributed or disposed. This means it must not be released into the environment unless the distribution or disposal is authorised in a regulation or under a permit.
Common names
White ginger, Butterfly ginger, Butterfly lily, Cinnamon jasmine, Garland flower, Garland lily, Ginger lily, White butterfly ginger.
A large herbaceous plant with short-lived upright flowering stems growing 1-3 m tall. It re-grows and spreads via long-lived creeping underground stems. Its large alternately arranged leaves (20-60 cm long and 4-10 cm wide) have a long base that sheaths the stems. Its showy flowers are borne in dense clusters (7-20 cm long and 4-8 cm wide) at the tips of the upright stems. These flowers are mostly white in colour with a single large stamen.
Impact
Impact
"This commonly grown garden ornamental has spread from cultivation and occasionally become naturalised in wetter areas in south-eastern Queensland. White ginger (Hedychium coronarium) has the potential to be a significant environmental weed in the sub-tropical and warmer temperate regions of Australia. It was recently ranked among the 200 most invasive plant species in south-eastern Queensland and appears on the New South Wales North Coast environmental weeds list., White ginger (Hedychium coronarium) grows up to 2 m tall and produces a thick mat of creeping underground stems (i.e. rhizomes) close to the soil surface. Under favourable conditions, it forms extensive thickets which replace native plants and suppresses their regeneration. It prefers wetter habitats and is a potential weed of native bushland, rainforests and other closed forests, forest margins, watercourses and riparian areas."
Location
Location
Characteristics
Characteristics
Similar Species
Similar Species
"This commonly grown garden ornamental has spread from cultivation and occasionally become naturalised in wetter areas in south-eastern Queensland. White ginger (Hedychium coronarium) has the potential to be a significant environmental weed in the sub-tropical and warmer temperate regions of Australia. It was recently ranked among the 200 most invasive plant species in south-eastern Queensland and appears on the New South Wales North Coast environmental weeds list., White ginger (Hedychium coronarium) grows up to 2 m tall and produces a thick mat of creeping underground stems (i.e. rhizomes) close to the soil surface. Under favourable conditions, it forms extensive thickets which replace native plants and suppresses their regeneration. It prefers wetter habitats and is a potential weed of native bushland, rainforests and other closed forests, forest margins, watercourses and riparian areas."
