Xanthorrhoea brevistyla

Xanthorrhoea brevistyla is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to Western Australia.[1]

Xanthorrhoea brevistyla

Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Xanthorrhoeoideae
Genus: Xanthorrhoea
Species:
X. brevistyla
Binomial name
Xanthorrhoea brevistyla

Description

The perennial grass tree typically grows to a height of 3.5 metres (11 ft) usually with no trunk but with a scape of 0.8 to 1.25 metres (2.6 to 4.1 ft) and the flower spike to 0.25 to 1.0 metre (1 to 3 ft). It blooms between October and December producing white flowers.

Classification

The species was first formally described by Desmond Herbert in 1921 as part of the work The genus Xanthorrhoea in Western Australia as published in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia.[2]

Distribution

It has a limited distribution in the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia. It extends from Narrogin in the north to Cranbrook in the south where it grows in sandy-clay soils over laterite.[1]

References
  1. "Xanthorrhoea brevistyla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Xanthorrhoea brevistyla D.A.Herb". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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