Lomandra spicata A.T.Lee

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Lomandra

Characteristics

Plant tufted, robust. Leaves flat, rather thin, 40-80 cm long, 4-12 mm wide; apex usually acute, with small lateral teeth; sheath margins intact or splitting coarsely with age, brown or whitish. Male inflorescence unbranched or rarely with short branches at lowest nodes or the rachis forked; scape 2 or more times longer than rachis, flattened; flower clusters whorled. Female inflorescence unbranched, the rachis shorter in relation to the scape, otherwise similar to male inflorescence. Cluster bracts conspicuous, pointed, usually longer than flowers; bract and inner bract golden brown or whitish. Flowers as in Lomandra longifolia .
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Grows in rainforest. This species may occur throughout Qld rainforests.
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Images

Lomandra spicata unspecified picture

Distribution

Lomandra spicata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537969-1
WFO ID wfo-0000679626
COL ID 3VW6J
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Synonyms

Lomandra spicata