Xanthorrhoea fulva (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Xanthorrhoea

Characteristics

Trunk none; stem branched below ground; crowns 1 to many, each a stiff erect tuft. Leaves depressed to very depressed-obtrullate to depressed-cuneate in T.S., 1.9-3.5 mm wide, 1-1.5 mm thick, usually ±blue-green, glaucous. Scape 20-160 cm long, 5-20 mm diam. Spike 1/3-1/2 as long as scape, 10-60 cm long, 10-30 mm diam. Cluster-bracts obscure or slightly prominent, shortly acute, densely hirsute. Packing-bracts obtuse, densely hirsute with pale hairs. Sepals shortly acute, without or with very short beak, without proboscis, hirsute. Petals slightly reflexed, with beak at tip, glabrous except for a few hairs near beak.
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A grasstree. It grows 2 m high. It does not have a trunk above the ground. The leaves are 2-3 mm wide and triangle shaped in cross section. The flower stalk can be 1.2 m long. The flowering section is 10-60 cm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It usually grows in sandy soils in low lying sites with a high water table.
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Grows in periodically waterlogged sites in sand.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The flowers are used to make a drink.
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Images

Xanthorrhoea fulva unspecified picture

Distribution

Xanthorrhoea fulva world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942670-1
WFO ID wfo-0000751969
COL ID 5C88N
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Synonyms

Xanthorrhoea fulva Xanthorrhoea resinosa subsp. fulva