Uses: Very ornamental and distinguished specimen plant, good in pots. Requires good drainage. Adapted to going through fires - trunk blackened but not damaged. Very slow growing with large specimens expensive to purchase. European settlers harvested the resinous gum to make varnishes and lacquers.

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That’s because it holds the formal tag Xanthorrhoea semiplana. The botanical wonder received that tongue-twisting moniker due to the efforts of Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller. The German-Australian botanist accomplished the first recognition of it …

Bedford (in Bedford et al. 1986) recognizes 2 subspecies, namely subsp. semiplana and subsp. tateana the latter being restricted to South Australia. In subspecies the spike is relatively long and stout (235–265 cm long, 40–45 mm diam.) and plants develop a distinct trunk, to 6 m long.

2006年10月17日 · There were a number of these Xanthorrhoea plants in flower. They were growing on deep very well drained sand. These are often sought after as feature rockery plants. The emphasis is on getting hold of tagged plants, not digging them up in the wild without a permit.

Xanthorrhoea semiplana ssp semiplana. This plant is not on the Australian Noxious Plant List. A native of South Australia, primarily the Mount Lofty Ranges in the southeast of the state. Reports of a presence in Victoria are thought to be the result of misidentification. Preference is for a rich, well-drained, slightly rocky soil in full sun.

First published in Fragm. 4: 111 (1864) The native range of this species is SE. South Australia to W. Victoria. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. Includes 2 Accepted Infraspecifics. Xanthorrhoea semiplana subsp. tateana (F.Muell.) D.J.Bedford.

Semiplana. Xanthorrhoea semiplana is almost trunkless with leaves to 1 centimeter wide and flat on one side. They grow primarily in the Mt Lofty Range area. Semiplana Tateana. Xanthorrhoea tateana has a trunk that is 1-4 meters and leaves like Xanthorrhoea semiplana, and grows on Kangaroo Island. Thorntonii

It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome. Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it. Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. George, A.S. (ed.) (1986).

2006年6月13日 · Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata and Xanthorrhoea semiplana are the South Australian species of Grass Tree. At an Arboretum near here, Xanthorrhoea preissii and Xanthorrhoea semiplana have both been planted on deep sand.