Lomandra effusa (Lindl.) Ewart

Tussocks robust, up to 60 cm wide. Leaves flat, up to 50 cm long and 1.3 mm wide, glaucous, red-brown and fibrous at base; apex strongly bicuspidate; sheath margins lacerated, brown. Inflorescence much-branched, shorter than leaves; scape hidden among leaf bases; axes smooth; flowers separate. Bracts often exceeding pedicels; inner bract smaller, minute or absent. Flowers funnel-shaped, white, pale pink or mauve; pedicel to 1 cm long. Male flowers 4-6 mm long; sepals and petals narrow, obtuse. Female flowers: sepals and petals broad-based, thick.

Grows in sandy soil, sometimes in clay or near salt pans and granite outcrops.