Dianella longifolia
Dianella longifolia
Pale Flax Lily
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Expected Height Range: |
0.8 m - 1 m |
Spread Range: | 0.5 m - 1 m |
Flower Season/s: | Spring |
Flower Colour/s: | |
Plant life cycle: | Perennial |
It has a large natural occurrence in NSW, growing along the entirety of the coast, tablelands and western slopes subdivisions, as well as, the north-western plains. It also grows further afield from the eastern parts of SA, right through Victoria, the rough eastern half of Queensland, and the far north of NT and WA, as well as Tasmania. It is generally found in moister areas, such as near creeklines, in dry and wet sclerophyll forest as well as woodlands, grasslands and heathlands. | |
Preferred Soil: | Will tolerate most soil types but prefers well drained soils |
Native to inland Australia, the Red-bud Mallee (Eucalyptus pachyphylla) has distinctive flower buds that are in a cluster of three, with the flower cap having five prominent ribs and a beaked operculum. The operculum, also known as a calyptra, is the cap-like covering of the flower that detaches as the flower opens. The flower that appears from under the cap is pale yellow. After flowering it produces a broad, shallow, conical to hemispherical fruit. The base of the mallee is a lignotuber, the lignotubers is a form of swelling at the base of the plant and are common to many mallee (Eucalyptus) trees. These help the tree to survive fires and other stresses, by sending out new growth in the event the top growth is destroyed.
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