WorldFloraDB - Lomandra hystrix

Characteristics

Plant robust, tufted. Leaves flat, rather thin, usually 90-130 cm long, 5-10.5 mm wide, glabrous; apex acute with 2-4 often minute lateral teeth usually well below apex, rarely the laterals longest; sheath margins intact, white or occasionally brown to reddish-brown. Male and female inflorescences similar, up to as long as leaves, branched twice; major primary branches usually 4 per node and up to 20 cm long; scape half to twice as long as rachis, flattened; flower clusters whorled. Cluster bracts conspicuous, pungent, the longest 2-9.5 cm long. Bract, inner bract and flowers as in Lomandra longifolia .

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A herb which keeps growing from year to year. It forms tussocks. The leaves are 0.9-1.3 cm long by 0.5-1 cm wide. They are flat and thin textured. They are dark green and taper to the tip. There are 2-4 small teeth below the tip. The flowering stalks are about as long as the leaves. They are branched twice. The lower branches are in a ring and 20 cm long. Male and female flowers are similar. The flowers are 0.3-0.45 cm long and like a cylinder. They are cream to yellow. They occur in clusters in a ring. The fruit is a capsule 0.5 cm long.

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Growth form	herb
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
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It grows in subtropical and warm temperate climates. It grows in moist open forest and along streams. It can tolerate some frosts. Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens. In Townsville Anderson BG.

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Grows near streams.

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Plants are grown from seed or by division of the clump.

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