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Lomandra filiformis subsp. flavior A.T.Lee
Family Asparagaceae
Lomandra filiformis subsp. flavior A.T.Lee APNI*

Description: Leaves folded to much inrolled or rarely flat, flexible or rigid, the apex minutely 1–3-pointed; male inflorescence with axes smooth to scabrid. Male inflorescence branched, quarter to a third as long as leaves; axes smooth to scabrid; scape shorter than rachis, sometimes partly hidden by leaf bases; bracts subtending branches of inflorescence large, smaller in size at upper nodes, female inflorescence more condensed than male, as little as one-seventh of leaf-length. Leaves rolled or flat, usually very tough, 30–40 cm long, c. 2 mm wide, smooth to scabrid; apex minutely 1–3-pointed. Male inflorescence c. 3–7 cm long, quarter to a third as long as leaves; axes smooth to scabrid, often yellowish; scape shorter than rachis, sometimes partly hidden by leaf bases. Female inflorescence as little as one-seventh as long as leaves. Bracts subtending branches large, white or whitish, smaller at upper nodes.


Habit
Photo L. von Richter

Flower
Photo L. von Richter

Type
Specimen

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath and open forest on a variety of soils; west to Yetman; specimens from the southern part of the range tend to have scabrid inflorescence axes and leaves similar to subsp. coriacea.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, CT, NWS, NWP
AVH map***

Text by A. L. Quirico
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)


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