Family: Asphodelaceae
Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata
Citation:
F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 4:111 (1864).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Mount Lofty grass-tree.
Description:
Trunk to 2 m, sometimes branched; crowns hemispherical; leaves quadrate-rhombic in section, 1.5-2.5 (usually c. 1.8) mm wide, 1-1.5 mm thick, very bluegrey-green, glaucous.
Inflorescence 95-125 cm long; scape 20-70 (usually c. 55) cm long, c. 12 mm diam.; spike length usually less than the scape length, 5-60 (usually c. 30)cm long, 20-40 (usually c. 30) mm diam., dark-brown at flowering; cluster-bracts obscure; packing-bracts short-acute to acute, subglabrous, tips darkening with age; outer perianth-segments short-acute, beaked, without a proboscis, subglabrous; inner segments shortly recurved, glabrous except for a tuft of short hairs at the apex.
Fruits straight, 15-21 mm long, emerging 4-9 mm above the bracts; seeds 9-12 mm long, 3-4 mm wide.
Distribution:
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Inhabits dry rocky sites, especially ridges, but also heavy clay soils.
S.Aust.: LE, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, SL.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: March — Aug.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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