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Xanthorrhoea minor

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Clade
  
Monocots

Family
  
Asphodelaceae

Rank
  
Species

Clade
  
Angiosperms

Order
  
Asparagales

Subfamily
  
Xanthorrhoeoideae

Xanthorrhoea minor Xanthorrhoea minor Small Grasstree

Similar
  
Xanthorrhoea australis, Cassinia aculeata, Lomandra filiformis, Leptospermum continentale, Gonocarpus tetragynus

Xanthorrhoea minor is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to south-eastern Australia. It was one of the many species authored by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown.

Xanthorrhoea minor Xanthorrhoea minor by bsham2 on DeviantArt

Unlike some other species of grasstree, it lacks a trunk, and its leaves grow from one or more underground stems. The leaves are green. It flowers from October to November.

Xanthorrhoea minor Morwell National Park Species Xanthorrhoea minor

Two subspecies are currently recognised:

  • X. minor subsp. lutea from South Australia and Victoria
  • X. minor subsp. minor from New South Wales, which grows in wet poorly drained areas such as swamps around the Sydney Basin, north to Gosford, and west to Springwood and south to Campbelltown.

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    Xanthorrhoea minor Xanthorrhoea minor Wilsons Promontory Virtual Herbarium

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    References

    Xanthorrhoea minor Wikipedia
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