Xanthorrhoea latifolia (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford APNI* Synonyms: Xanthorrhoea media subsp. latifolia A.T.Lee APNI*
Description: Trunk absent or up to 3.6 m high; stem branched or single; crowns 1–many, each with spreading mature leaves; young leaves in ± erect tuft.
Leaves narrowly transverse-rhombic to very depressed-cuneate in T.S., 2.4–10 mm wide, 0.7–3.5 mm thick, bright-green, not glaucous.
Scape 0.7–2.1 m long, 7–20 mm diam.; spike shorter than or almost as long as scape, 30–150 cm long, 1.8–4.1 cm diam.; cluster bracts obscure; packing bracts obtuse, shortly acute to acute, glabrous to fringed with hairs, sometimes hirsute on lower surface. Outer tepals shortly acute to acute, without proboscis, with short beak and central outer ridge, subglabrous to slightly hirsute. Inner tepals recurved, with proboscis, glabrous except at apex.
Flowering: March–October
Distribution and occurrence: Usually grows in sandy or gravelly soil in coastal regions; north from Wyong.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by D. J. Bedford
Taxon concept:
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| 1 | Leaves 2.4–5.7 mm wide, 0.7–1.7 mm thick; spike about half as long or almost equal to scape; packing bracts obtuse to shortly acute. Trunk absent or up to 2 m high; crowns 1–4. Leaves narrowly transverse-rhombic to very depressed-cuneate in T.S., 2.4–5.7 mm wide, 0.7–1.7 mm thick, bright green. Scape 1–2.1 m long, 10–16 mm diam.; spike about half as long or almost as long as scape, 50–120 cm long, 2.1–3.3 cm diam | subsp. latifolia |
| Leaves 4.2–10 mm wide, 1–3.5 mm thick; spike less than half as long as scape; packing bracts acute. Trunk absent or up to 3.6 m high; crowns usually many. Leaves narrowly transverse-rhombic in T.S., 4.2–10 mm wide, 1–3.5 mm thick, bright green. Scape 0.7–2.1 m long, 12–17 mm diam.; spike less than half as long as scape, 45–60 cm long, 2.8–3.5 cm diam | subsp. maxima |
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