Sciaphila secundiflora

Sciaphila secundiflora is an herb in the family Triuridaceae and native to southern Asia, Japan and the East Indies. T. secundiflora differs from all other Monocots in having female flowers with ten tepals and male flowers with eight tepals. It is a saprophyte.^[1] The flowers are purple and in globular clusters.

Sciaphila secundiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Pandanales
Family:	Triuridaceae
Genus:	Sciaphila
Species:	S. secundiflora
Binomial name
Sciaphila secundiflora Thwaites ex Benth.