Tussocks small, dense, to 20 cm diam. Leaves concavo-convex, inrolled, 5-25 cm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, glabrous; apex acute; bases purplish above the whitish, lacerated sheath margins. Inflorescence with scape about as long as rachis; axes quite smooth; flowers well-spaced. Male inflorescence c. 10-15 cm long, unbranched or with a few short branches. Female inflorescence c. 5 cm long, unbranched. Flowers pedicellate, similar to those of Lomandra cylindrica but wider, 3-4 mm at open end, characteristically blackening when dried.
Rather infrequent in dry sclerophyll forest, growing on sandstone-derived soils, perhaps favouring sheltered situations.
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