Xanthorrhoea glauca D.J.Bedford

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Xanthorrhoea

Characteristics

Trunk 1-5 m long, branched or single; crowns 1 to many, ±spherical. Leaves quadrate-rhombic to narrowly transverse-rhombic in T.S., 1.3-5.2 mm wide, 0.9-2.4 mm thick, blue-green to greyish, glaucous. Scape 50-100 cm long, 18-46 mm diam. Spike 1.5-4 times as long as scape, rarely equal to scape, 100-200 cm long, rarely to 250 cm, 35-77 mm diam. Cluster-bracts prominent for most of spike length, ±narrowly triangular, subglabrous. Packing-bracts acute or triangular, subglabrous, rarely glabrous. Sepals acute to narrowly triangular, beaked, without proboscis, glabrous except hairs in beak. Petals erect to slightly recurved, with proboscis, glabrous except hairs at apex.
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A grass tree. It grows 5 m tall. It has fine strap like leaves. The flowering stalk is usually straight. The flower head has creamy coloured flowers.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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It is a warm temperate plant.
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Usage

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Edible flowers shoots
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Images

Leaf

Xanthorrhoea glauca leaf picture by Daniel Grixti-Cheng (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Xanthorrhoea glauca world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Xanthorrhoea glauca threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:929685-1
WFO ID wfo-0000751949
COL ID 5C88P
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Xanthorrhoea glauca

Lower taxons

Xanthorrhoea glauca subsp. glauca