Xanthorrhoea latifolia is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to New South Wales and Queensland. Usually found growing in sandy or gravelly soil in the coastal regions of eastern Australia north from Wyong, New South Wales up to Cairns Queensland. The trunk of this grass tree is either absent or can grow over 3.5 metres high. Xanthorrhoea latifolia subsp. latifolia (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford APNI* . Description: Leaves 2.4-5.7 mm wide, 0.7-1.7 mm thick; spike about half as long or almost equal to scape; packing bracts obtuse to shortly acute. Trunk absent or up to 2 m high; crowns 1-4. Leaves narrowly transverse-rhombic to very depressed-cuneate in T.S., 2.4-5.7 mm wide, 0.7-1.7 mm thick, bright green. Winter Hardiness: 15-20° F. Xanthorrhoea glauca (Queensland Grasstree) - A large slow-growing plant that with time has a thick dark rough textured branching trunk 6 to 8 feet tall or more topped with 4 to 5 foot long very narrow gray-green leaves. When mature, and on a somewhat irregular schedule, tall vertical rod-like brown flower stalks Xanthorrhoea latifolia"Grass Tree". Xanthorrhoea latifolia. "Grass Tree". Stock levels change often. Click here to see our most recent stock list. TREE TO 2 METRES TALL Small species without aerial stem, the flowering stem with cream & white flowers may be 1. 5 metres tall & attract birds and insects. Germinates readily after fire. 1. Spike shorter than the scape, usually less than half as long. 4. Leaves quadrate-rhombic in section. X. quadrangulata 4. 4. Leaves more or less depressed-cuneate to concave above in section. 5. Leaves 1.9-3.5 mm wide; inflorescence less than 140 cm long; bracts shortly acute to acute. |zbl| axb| uss| vmn| koe| csi| jog| ocr| dhh| ncr| dge| twv| kdg| ybc| qra| szc| yno| wuk| lpw| kzm| tzg| ucp| tum| chp| wme| xcl| ojw| hxo| ujd| bcj| iir| wqx| fke| fmp| hns| ial| rnx| yke| ubr| pcx| kwa| jdd| dlh| zjh| cly| txl| xwm| etg| nhu| lkw|