Mat Rush Lomandra Sp

Lomandra confertifolia wingarra lomandra confertifolia wingarra lomandra confertifolia wingarra a clumping grass like perennial with beautiful blue grey narrow foliage.

Mat rush lomandra sp. Leaves flat or slightly concavo convex occasionally rolled usually 50 100 cm long 5 7 5 mm wide sometimes c. Inflorescence axes smooth papillose or scabrid. Matt rush is a common name for lomandra a genus with about 50 species of tufted dioecious perennial herbs with long narrow blade like leaves that arise from a central stemless base acaulescent and have thick woody rhizomes and fibrous roots. Low maintenance filler plant tolerates most soil types and is ideal for erosion protection on banks.

Lomandra longifolia commonly known as spiny head mat rush spiky headed mat rush or basket grass is a perennial rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern australia the leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm long and generally have a leaf of about 8 mm to 12 mm wide. Lomandra hystrix mat rush appearance. Lomandra filiformis thunb britten. Great as a border or pot plant and for massed.

Apni lomandra longifolia labill. Lomandra filiformis whose common name is wattle mat rush is native to australia according to the australian plant index this species belongs to the asparagaceae family but can also be found listed in the lomandraceae and xanthorrhoeaceae families. It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost heat and drought tolerant. Perennial tussock sparse or occasionally in short dense mats to 20 cm diam.

Lomandra gary s green in the san marcos growers garden the matt rushes at san marcos growers. 2 mm wide glabrous. Exilis a t lee apni scleropodium purum hedw limpr. Bloodwood corymbia sp coastal wattle acacia sophorae pandanus palm pandanus pendunculatus mat rush lomandra longifolia paperbark melaleuca quinquinervia walking stick palm linospadix monostachya bangalow palm archontophoenix cunninghamiana davidson plum davidsonia pruriens flax lily dianella caerula.

Lomandra confertifolia wingarra mat rush. A member of the xanthorrhoeaceae family it can grow in a range of sandy soils in swamps and wet places to the montane zone on banks of creeks rocky hillsides cliffs and open forests. Spiny head mat rush basket grass. It has spikes of yellow flowers in summer.

Lomandra longifolia spiny head mat rush or basket grass is native australia wide except for the northern territory and western australia. Lomandra filiformis thunb britten apni synonyms. Compact fast growing lomandra with fine bright green foliage bearing yellow flower spikes during spring. Leaf sheath margins eventually lacerated whitish occasionally intact purplish brown.

Massed planting gives a great coverage and will smother out weeds in time. Growing much smaller than the species this cultivar reaches to 24 to 40 inches tall and spreads to about the same.