Family: Lomandraceae
Plant: A small grass-like sprawling tufted herb up to 25cm high.
Flowers: Yellow, 6-petalled, tiny and in globular clusters. Male inflorescence is 5-10cm long with several clusters along an erect spike. Female inflorescence is a solitary terminal cluster 15mm diameter on a stem 3-4cm long. The inflorescence is not taller than the leaves.
Flowering: June-October.
Fruit: Capsule.
Leaves: Blue-green, stiff, tufted strap-like leaves 8-25cm long and about 2mm wide with rounded tip. The leaf bases are white to pale brown with fine shreds.
Habitat: Common in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Blue-green stiff leaves. Leaf bases irregularly divided - as if roughly torn. White and yellow flowers in clusters along stem.
Name:
Lomandra From the Greek loma = edge and andros = male (referring to the bordered anthers on some species)
glauca From the Latin = blue-green (referring to its leaves)
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Globular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
6, 7, 8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal, Tufted |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Strap-like |
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Length |
Medium, Long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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