Xanthorrhoea pumilio R.Br.

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Xanthorrhoea

Characteristics

Trunk none or up to 60 cm long; stem simple or branched; crown 1; leaves broadly spreading or recurved. Leaves transverse-linear to very depressed-obtrullate or very depressed-cuneate in T.S., 1.7-2.3 mm wide, 0.7-1.2 mm thick, green, not glaucous. Scape 50-180 cm long, rarely to 210 cm, 5-11 mm diam. Spike less than 1/4 as long as scape, 5-40 cm long, 14-23 mm diam. Cluster-bracts obscure. Packing-bracts obtuse to shortly acute, glabrous to subglabrous. Sepals shortly acute, without beak or beak very short, sometimes with a short median abaxial ridge, without proboscis, glabrous. Petals recurved, with proboscis, glabrous except hirsute apex.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Distribution

Xanthorrhoea pumilio world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444059-1
WFO ID wfo-0000753888
COL ID 5C894
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Synonyms

Xanthorrhoea pumilio