Lomandra multiflora

Many-flowered Mat-rush

Family:            Lomandraceae

Plant:              A tufted herb up to 60cm high.

Flowers:         Yellow, 6-petalled, tiny and in whorled clusters. The male inflorescence is 10-15cm long with several stalked clusters along an erect spike. The female inflorescence is a shorter spike than male inflorescence and the female flowers are not stalked.

Flowering:      September-January.

Fruit:               Capsule.

Leaves:          Long, thin strap-like leaves 30-60cm long and 2-3mm wide with tip tapering to a point. The tufted and erect, basal leaves are sometimes concave. The leaf bases are purple-brown with fine white or fawn shreds..

Habitat:           Common in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.

Features:       Long, thin strap-like basal leaves with rounded tips and purple leaf bases. Branched inflorescence.

Name:

Lomandra      From the Greek loma = edge and andros = male (referring to the bordered anthers on some species)

multiflora       From the Latin = many-flowered

Search Criteria

 

Type

Herb

Flowers

Form

Irregular, Cluster

 

Colour(s)

Yellow

 

Petal/Sepal No.

Many

 

Flowering Month

1, 9, 10, 11, 12

Fruit

Type       

Capsule

 

Colour

Brown

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Basal, Tufted

 

Type       

Simple

 

Shape

Linear

 

Length    

Very long

 

Margins  

Entire

 

Attachment

Unstalked

 

Other Features

Tapered-tip

Bark

-

Habitat

Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland