Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae
Plant: A tufted plant up to 1m high without a trunk and with flowering spike up to a further 1-1.5m high.
Flowers: Cream to yellow with stamens up to 1cm long. The inflorescence is a brush-like, short spike 1.5-2cm diameter and less than one tenth the length of the stem.
Flowering: July-August.
Fruit: Long pointed capsule with glossy seed.
Leaves: Glossy-green, basal and tufted, strap-like with rough margins, 1-1.5m long, 2-4mm wide, with a triangular cross-section.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest.
Features: Short flower spike on a long stem. Flower spike brush-like.
Name:
Xanthorrhoea
From Greek xanthos = yellow and rheo = flow (referring to its resin).
macronema From Latin macro = large and nemus a forest (referring to its size and habitat).
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Type |
Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Cylindrical, Spike |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
7, 8 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
Hard |
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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 |
Very long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest |
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