Citation: Bedford, Fl. Aust. 46: unpubl. (1986).

Synonymy: X. australis sensu Jessop in J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 361 (1978), partly, non R. Br.

Common name: None

Description:
Trunk none, stem many-branched below the ground; crowns usually many, each an uneven open tuft of leaves; leaves very depressed-cuneate sometimes concave above; 3.2-7 mm wide, 1-2 mm thick; grey-green, glaucous.

Inflorescence 145-400 cm long; scape 50-180 (usually 90-120) cm long, 10-23 (usually 10-17.5) mm diam.; spike about a third to half as long as the scape, 30-80 (usually 45-65) cm long, 20-38 (usually 22-28) mm diam.; cluster-bracts prominent, linear-triangular, subglabrous to fringed with hairs; packing-bracts linear-triangular to subulate, fringed with hairs to medium-hirsute; sepals acute, with a beak, without a proboscis, subglabrous to fringed with hairs and with hairs in the beak; outer perianth-segments more or less erect to recurved, with a large proboscis, distal third hirsute with short papillose hairs.

Fruits straight, 13-15 mm long, emerging 7-9 mm above the bracts; seeds c. 9 mm long, c. 4 mm wide.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: MU, SE. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: In the past some specimens of this species have been incorrectly identified as X. australis. Others have been ascribed to a putative hybrid swarm between X. australis and X. minor.

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