Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Honey Reed at Symonston, ACT
Identification history
| Lomandra longifolia | 26 Apr 2018 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Lomandra longifolia | 25 Apr 2018 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unidentified | 25 Apr 2018 | Mike |
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4 comments
Mike
wrote:
26 Apr 2018
I was going to say L. bracteata because of colour, width and thickness of leaves. One or two leaf tips look a bit like L. longifolia but the plant looks very different from the L. longifolia nearby, or the little ones I have been planting. Should I get more photos?
BettyDonWood
wrote:
26 Apr 2018
I am not that familiar with L. bracteata. I will have to do a bit more checking.
BettyDonWood
wrote:
26 Apr 2018
Lomandra longifolia usually has leaves 5 mm wide or more, or occasionally has leaves as narrow as 2 mm wide, the maximum width for leaves of bracteata. I am inclined to stick with longifolia. The first cut of the key in Plantnet is whether mature undamaged leaves are toothed or not. Bracteata leaves are not, and longifolia has two or three teeth, the middle tooth in a definite sinus or longer than the other two. Bracteata tips are minutely and irregularly pointed. The diagram in Plantnet shows a basically rounded tip.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.122611-35.349318
- Altitude 695.8m
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 25 Apr 2018 04:32 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes Mike Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Lomandra longifolia Scientific name
- Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Honey Reed Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1542.36m Recorded at altitude
- 383 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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