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West shore of Pittwater (northern outskirts of Sydney), New South Wales. This is a wide-ranging and extraordinarily variable species in eastern Australia. It can be a mat of fine foliage under 5 cm high or a slender tuft up to almost 0.5 m. Leaves vary fom half a millimetre in width to almost 10 mm. What holds them together are the flower and inflorescence characters. In my work on vegetation surveys there are few more frequently encountered plants.
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A pretty reedy plant mostly overlooked. It has delightful little ball flowers. A photo from the archives for my own information and ease of access to find it.
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Yarrangobilly Caves, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales.
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Wog Wog, New South Wales, Australia
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Wog Wog, New South Wales, Australia
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Kotara, suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales. In small park on hillside, mostly mown grass beneath mature eucalypts. Quite a few native groundlayer plants survive in areas where no grass grows and are thus not mown.View at all sizes to see just how floriferous this plant was. All Lomandras are dioecious and this is a male. The female inflorescences look quite different.
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Wog Wog, New South Wales, Australia
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Wog Wog, New South Wales, Australia
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Wog Wog, New South Wales, Australia
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Yarrangobilly Caves, Kosciuszko National Park, New South Wales.
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Flowers of Slender Matt Rush (Lomandra hystrix) cultivated near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Photographed on 5 November 2006.
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Lomandra hermaphrodita flowerFor
Beth and
Ron. I have been looking for flowers on these plants for the last twelve months even though I know they flower between April and June. It was quite a surprise to find these at the end of the day.The plants of these are dioecious (separate male and female plants) This has pollen showing between the petals, so I am thinking this is a male plant. Now I have to find a female. 8-4-2011 Lomandra flowersMale flowers have 6 stamens with a reduced ovaryFemale flowers have 6 sterile and reduced stamens and a prominent ovary
Bushland Plants of Kings Park Pat Dundas
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Lomandra hermaphroditaA delightful small plant that is easily overlooked despite its curly wurly leaves. It flowers between April and June so I will keep my eyes open for them. Possibly a flower from
Beth
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Burra, Queensland, Australia
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Burra, Queensland, Australia
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Heathcote National Park, southern outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales. Track from Waterfall Station to Kingfisher Pool
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Heathcote National Park, southern outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales. Track from Waterfall Station to Kingfisher Pool
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Heathcote National Park, southern outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales. Track from Waterfall Station to Kingfisher Pool.
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Heathcote National Park, southern outskirts of Sydney, New South Wales. Track from Waterfall Station to Kingfisher Pool
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Top Camp, Queensland, Australia