Cordyline congesta
Narrow-leaved Palm Lily
Narrow-leaved Palm Lily
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Common name: Narrow-leaved Palm Lily
Conservation status: Rare
Etymology:
The name Cordyline comes from the Greek word kordyle, meaning "club," a reference to the enlarged underground stems or rhizomes
Latin congestus = 'congested' or 'crowded together'
Flowers:
Small white to mauve flowers form on panicles
Flowering occurs from September to October
Fruit:
Fruit an orange-red berry, 10–15 mm in diameter, ripening from December to March
Leaves:
Leaves long and thin to lanceolate
Up to 65 centimetres long by 4 cm
Stiff marginal teeth near the base of leaf
Leaf stem up to 15 cm long
Stem & branches:
Roots:
Habit:
An evergreen Australian plant
A rare shrub up to 3 m tall
Habitat:
Margins of rainforest, and in riverine scrub and moist gullies in eucalyptus forest
Distribution:
Growing north from the Clarence River, NSW
Additional notes:
This species propagates easily from seeds, suckers or stem cuttings.
Similar to Cordyline stricta and C. rubra; however, C. congesta has jagged, fringed or scolloped leaf margins, particularly near the leaf base
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