Lomandra hystrix
Lomandra hystrix, commonly known as green mat-rush,[2] or creek mat-rush,[3] is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lomandroideae |
| Genus: | Lomandra |
| Species: | L. hystrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Lomandra hystrix Labill.[1] | |
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Xerotes hystrix (Labill.) R.Br. | |
History
Lilian Ross Fraser and Joyce Winifred Vickery first described Lomandra hystrix, which they published in Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 62: 286 1937.[4]
Description
The leaves are 80 cm to 100 cm long, and generally have a leaf of about 10 mm to 20 mm wide.[3] It grows beside watercourses in upland and mountain rain forest.[3]
The plant is often used for revegetation and erosion control.[2] The starchy, fleshy bases of the leaves are edible, tasting of raw peas. Even when the roots are exposed it will cling tenaciously in poor soils.[2]
This species is closely related to L. longifolia; the inner bract and flowers are similar, but it differs in leaf apex, lack of conspicuous marginal sclerenchyma bands on leaves, and in inflorescence branching.[5]
References
- "Lomandra hystrix", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2015-01-24
- "Lomandra hystrix (LOMANDRACEAE) Green matrush". Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Lomandra hystrix". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- "Lomatia arborescens L.R.Fraser & Vickery". ipni.org. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Lomandra hystrix (R.Br.) L.R.Fraser & Vickery". Plantnet. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
