Wattle Mat-rush at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Lomandra filiformis | 1 Jul 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Lomandra (genus) | 16 Jun 2025 | JasonPStewart | ||
| Lomandra (genus) | 16 Jun 2025 | jac | ||
| Lomandra (genus) | 3 Jun 2025 | jac |
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User's notes
This seedlong appeared post cultural burn. Could it be a lomandra? There was no lomandra there pre burn. Wondering if the seeds were dormant. Lomandra is growing in vicinity within 50m of this plant
19 comments
JasonPStewart
wrote:
3 Jun 2025
Jac. Good day !
Thank you for your sighting.
Please any more photographs – especially of living or past fertile parts, even remnants of past fertile parts.
The photographs in your sighting do not display all the necessary features required for verification.
To help us verify this sighting, please provide additional photographs or your own observations' details in written notes,
regarding the botanical key features, including: fertile parts or even what's left of past fertile parts please.
Best,
Jason.
Thank you for your sighting.
Please any more photographs – especially of living or past fertile parts, even remnants of past fertile parts.
The photographs in your sighting do not display all the necessary features required for verification.
To help us verify this sighting, please provide additional photographs or your own observations' details in written notes,
regarding the botanical key features, including: fertile parts or even what's left of past fertile parts please.
Best,
Jason.
JasonPStewart
wrote:
3 Jun 2025
Thank you, awesome ! Sincerely no pressure no rush. Just hope some inspiration for you.
While there, if you may macro–photograph the tips of some example healthy leaves.
The fertile parts, if available, and the tips of the leaves close-up,
provide identifying diagnostic features.
While there, if you may macro–photograph the tips of some example healthy leaves.
The fertile parts, if available, and the tips of the leaves close-up,
provide identifying diagnostic features.
jac
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
I've taken a couple more pics. Very hard to get a macro of tips of leaves.
I think it's a lomandra and not dianella because of the strappy leaves, no middle vein visible, and the tips are jagged and some slightly brown, but definetely squared off.
There are also dianella seedlings and they look different to this because they have pointy tips, middle vein visible and the base has the fan like structure.
I'm very much an amateur so I hope those notes help!!!
I think it's a lomandra and not dianella because of the strappy leaves, no middle vein visible, and the tips are jagged and some slightly brown, but definetely squared off.
There are also dianella seedlings and they look different to this because they have pointy tips, middle vein visible and the base has the fan like structure.
I'm very much an amateur so I hope those notes help!!!
JasonPStewart
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
@jac .
Thank you .
Yes i agree identifies to the genus Lomandra .
I am looking into this again.
Working towards identifying to the species.
Thank you .
Yes i agree identifies to the genus Lomandra .
I am looking into this again.
Working towards identifying to the species.
JasonPStewart
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
Looks like nearly all of these leaves top parts have been eaten off by herbivores eg. kangaroos,
after they re-shooted after the burn.
Searching around in these two added photographs, I see some apparently undamaged long pointy leaves' tips, without raggedy tips and without teeth on the tips, just a single long point.
For example in the third photograph here, top middle section.
after they re-shooted after the burn.
Searching around in these two added photographs, I see some apparently undamaged long pointy leaves' tips, without raggedy tips and without teeth on the tips, just a single long point.
For example in the third photograph here, top middle section.
jac
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
Mmm interesting. There was a considerable amount of roo scat at the plant survey at one year. On another section of the cultural burn plot close to 2 established dianella plants , there's some new seedlings. They have some pointy tips especially when just emerging but they seem to have a distinct fan like base and some brown casing at base. Whereas these don't , which made me think they are lomandra
jac
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
Can i send you the dianella seedlings pics on section 6 of the plot? As another sighting? And then you can compare...
JasonPStewart
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
Yeah !
Please add another sighting for the _Dianella_ plants and more sightings as you like.
Please add another sighting for the _Dianella_ plants and more sightings as you like.
JasonPStewart
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
References:
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
_Lomandra_ genus page including botanical key to NSW species:
(most, not all, NSW species):
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Lomandra
(This web page shows it needs updating, including the three species plainly merely listed above this out of date botanical key.
As these three species have not yet been added to this botanical key.
They need to get added to this botanical key for the benefit of people in NSW who identify _Lomandra_ species.)
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
• Jian Wang – Botanist working from the Qld Herbarium:
Research (Gate) page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jian-Wang-143
Including Au-wide, many more species new to European–Australian science he has published formal species descriptions of in recent years.
.
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
_Lomandra_ genus page including botanical key to NSW species:
(most, not all, NSW species):
→ https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Lomandra
(This web page shows it needs updating, including the three species plainly merely listed above this out of date botanical key.
As these three species have not yet been added to this botanical key.
They need to get added to this botanical key for the benefit of people in NSW who identify _Lomandra_ species.)
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
• Jian Wang – Botanist working from the Qld Herbarium:
Research (Gate) page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jian-Wang-143
Including Au-wide, many more species new to European–Australian science he has published formal species descriptions of in recent years.
.
jac
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
Wowsers! Eeek. I really am at such a basic level! I'm really appreciative of you guys and your help with ID!!
JasonPStewart
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
You're alright.
The references are for your reference over time as you learn more. No rush. No pressure. Just when feeling like and enjoying the learning processes .
Same goes for us all.
I am the same. I started really learning plants circa 40 years ago (ca. 1983) as i feel like and enjoy the learning. You'd know, with joy and fun, the only way to really learn and importantly retain the learning.
The references are for your reference over time as you learn more. No rush. No pressure. Just when feeling like and enjoying the learning processes .
Same goes for us all.
I am the same. I started really learning plants circa 40 years ago (ca. 1983) as i feel like and enjoy the learning. You'd know, with joy and fun, the only way to really learn and importantly retain the learning.
JasonPStewart
wrote:
16 Jun 2025
I confirmed this to _Lomandra_ (genus) for now.
While looking into this more.
While looking into this more.
jac
wrote:
17 Jun 2025
I'm wondering if this seedling could be a lepidosperma laterale like CarbonAI suggested. That big plant is in close vicinity on the cultural burn site to this seedling.... just a thought.
JasonPStewart
wrote:
17 Jun 2025
These plants clearly identify to one of the Lomandra species, and their botanical family Asparagaceae.
Lepidosperma species have major differences, both, obvious differences when fertile parts appear
and subtle to the untrained eyes differences, well known to us experienced with many Lepidosperma species for many decades, hence their different botanical family Cyperaceae .
Lepidosperma species have major differences, both, obvious differences when fertile parts appear
and subtle to the untrained eyes differences, well known to us experienced with many Lepidosperma species for many decades, hence their different botanical family Cyperaceae .
JasonPStewart
wrote:
17 Jun 2025
May I highly recommend two top in the world plant identification processes, guide books and references,
by:
excellent Ian D. Clarke (1950–)
botanist from the National Herbarium of Vic. and Royal Botanic Gardens :
• Ian D. Clarke (2015)
Name those grasses :
identifying grasses, sedges and rushes.
Melbourne, Victoria :
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria .
ISBN: 9780980407648 .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6936301
–includes grasses (Poaceae) but as said in the subtitle, not only grasses, furthermore sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Restionaceae) .
– available in printed paperback book .
• Ian D. Clarke and Helen Lee 1925- (2019)
Name that flower.
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8127202
ISBN: 9780522876048 .
–guides to all kinds of plants, focussed on Au and south-eastern Au, yet globally useful.
– available in both, printed paperback book and ebook.
.
As ever happy to assist with your learning, together with these top literature .
by:
excellent Ian D. Clarke (1950–)
botanist from the National Herbarium of Vic. and Royal Botanic Gardens :
• Ian D. Clarke (2015)
Name those grasses :
identifying grasses, sedges and rushes.
Melbourne, Victoria :
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria .
ISBN: 9780980407648 .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn6936301
–includes grasses (Poaceae) but as said in the subtitle, not only grasses, furthermore sedges (Cyperaceae) and rushes (Restionaceae) .
– available in printed paperback book .
• Ian D. Clarke and Helen Lee 1925- (2019)
Name that flower.
Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press .
https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn8127202
ISBN: 9780522876048 .
–guides to all kinds of plants, focussed on Au and south-eastern Au, yet globally useful.
– available in both, printed paperback book and ebook.
.
As ever happy to assist with your learning, together with these top literature .
Tapirlord
wrote:
1 Jul 2025
It's Lomandra filiformis. Common in this type of habitat around Tidbinbilla
Location information
- Coordinates 148.961910-35.450678
- Maps Birrigai
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 10 Jun 2025 10:49 AM Recorded on
- jac Recorded by
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Collections
Lomandra taxa –especially interesting to identify and perhaps unusual and rare jac NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lomandra filiformis Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes Plants
Species information
- Lomandra filiformis Scientific name
- Wattle Mat-rush Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 991m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes