Xanthorrhoea arborea

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Monocots > Asparagales > Asphodelaceae > Xanthorrhoea arborea

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Plant  information

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Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• It flowers from January to April, depending on fire

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• The leaves are dull green to blue-grey, 5 to 8 mm wide

Stem & branches: 

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Habit:        

• It grows a trunk up to 2 m tall

Habitat:   

• Xanthorrhoea arborea grows in dry sclerophyll forests

Distribution:                  

• Native to NSW and Queensland

• Grows around the Sydney Basin on the NSW Central Coast westwards over the Great Divide to Rylstone

Additional notes:     

• It was one of the many species authored by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown

Sources of information:

• (2023)