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Sighting 3395590

Lomandra longifolia

Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Honey Reed at Symonston, ACT

Lomandra longifolia at Symonston, ACT - 25 Apr 2018 04:32 PM
Lomandra longifolia at Symonston, ACT - 25 Apr 2018 04:32 PM
Lomandra longifolia at Symonston, ACT - 25 Apr 2018 04:32 PM
Lomandra longifolia at Symonston, ACT - 25 Apr 2018 04:32 PM
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Lomandra longifolia 26 Apr 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Lomandra longifolia 25 Apr 2018 BettyDonWood
Unverified 25 Apr 2018 Mike

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4 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   26 Apr 2018
very chewed but suspect Lomandra longifolia
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.

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