Family: Lomandraceae
Plant: A sprawling herb up to about 20cm high.
Flowers: Yellow, 6-petalled, tiny and in globular clusters. The male inflorescence is 2-10cm long with several clusters along a spike at end of the stem. The female inflorescence is a single cluster 5-8mm diameter
Flowering: September-November.
Fruit: Capsule.
Leaves: Grey-green, twisted, linear 2-4cm long and 1-2mm wide with a tapered tip. The leaf arrangement is 2-ranked along almost horizontal stems. The leaf bases are entire and white.
Habitat: Common in dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Short grey-green twisted linear 2-ranked leaves arranged along a stem. Small inflorescence of yellow flowers. Leaf bases entire and white.
Name:
Lomandra From the Greek loma = edge and andros = male (referring to the bordered anthers on some species)
obliqua From the Latin = asymmetrical (referring to its leaves)
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Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Globular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
6 |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11 |
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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 |
Alternate, Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Short |
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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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