
Milkmaids
Burchardia umbellata
Family Colchicaceae
Restricted Trade Species — ACT: Restricted Trade Species
About
A milkmaid, milk maid, milkwoman, dairymaid, or dairywoman is a girl or woman who works with milk or cows. She milks cows and may prepare dairy products such as cream, butter, and cheese. The term milkmaid is not the female equivalent of milkman in the sense of one who delivers milk to the consumer; it is the female equivalent of milkman in the sense of cowman or dairyman.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve (Atlas of Living Australia, 2020) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve — Canberra & Namadgi National Park hikes
Source: Atlas of Living Australia + Wikipedia: Milkmaids
Photo via NatureMapr (CC-BY 3.0 (Au)), collected by MichaelMulvaney