Common Name: Scented Mat-rush
Botanical Name: Lomandra effusa
Family: LILIACEAE
Description:
Clumping perennial plant to 50 cm high. Stiff, rigid, twisted to 80 cm long, 2 distinctive 'horns' on leaf tip. White to pale pink, scented flowers, in branched clusters at base of plant. Late autumn to mid spring.
Clumping perennial plant to 50 cm high. Stiff, rigid, twisted to 80 cm long, 2 distinctive 'horns' on leaf tip. White to pale pink, scented flowers, in branched clusters at base of plant. Late autumn to mid spring.
Natural Distribution:
Common to coastal, woodland, grassland and mallee areas in all mainland agricultural districts of SA. In other States except NT.
Common to coastal, woodland, grassland and mallee areas in all mainland agricultural districts of SA. In other States except NT.
Notes:
Common in drier areas of the northern agricultural districts of SA, where it can be seen in large numbers on non-arable ground. Recorded as rare in the Southern Lofty region.
Common in drier areas of the northern agricultural districts of SA, where it can be seen in large numbers on non-arable ground. Recorded as rare in the Southern Lofty region.
