Lomandra longifolia
Spiny-headed Mat-rush, Honey Reed at Copmanhurst, NSW
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| Lomandra longifolia | JasonPStewart | 22 May 2025 | |
| Lomandra (genus) | Csteele4 | 5 Apr 2025 | |
| Unverified | MazzV | 23 Mar 2025 |
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A tough strappy leafed grass growing in an open position on poor sandy soil.
6 comments
22 May 2025
Looking into these photographs at full resolution,
an old weathered, pale coloured, fruiting culm (infructescence) remains in amongst these leaves,
which shows the diagnostic features of this species : _Lomandra_longifolia_ .
an old weathered, pale coloured, fruiting culm (infructescence) remains in amongst these leaves,
which shows the diagnostic features of this species : _Lomandra_longifolia_ .
3 Jun 2025
Just catching up with my moderation emails, @JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 and want to thank you for this extra clue for verifying ID, cheers, MazzV
3 Jun 2025
@MazzV You're welcome.
I ask you for permission to download here your third photograph,
crop this photograph to the old weathered, pale coloured, fruiting culm (infructescence) remaining in amongst these leaves;
then upload it into your sighting here as the fifth photograph;
please ?
Every one and every thing (AI) will see it clearly then ! :)
I ask you for permission to download here your third photograph,
crop this photograph to the old weathered, pale coloured, fruiting culm (infructescence) remaining in amongst these leaves;
then upload it into your sighting here as the fifth photograph;
please ?
Every one and every thing (AI) will see it clearly then ! :)
3 Jun 2025
That would be most appreciated, @JasonPStewartNMsnc2016, go for it! All helps us get better informed!
Cheers, MazzV
Cheers, MazzV
3 Jun 2025
Done!
Makes it easier to see the old inflorescence.
With one of the _Lomandra longifolia_ botanical diagnostic feature's of
the side branches of the inflorescence, only on the sides of its flat culm (stalk),
–clearest to see, approximately in the middle of this fifth photograph.
Related _Lomandra hystrix_ , usually growing in river sides, for example, has
the side branches of the inflorescence, spiralling all the way around the culm (stalk), with no flat 'stalk' gap in the branches as shown here in this _Lomandra longifolia_ sighting .
Makes it easier to see the old inflorescence.
With one of the _Lomandra longifolia_ botanical diagnostic feature's of
the side branches of the inflorescence, only on the sides of its flat culm (stalk),
–clearest to see, approximately in the middle of this fifth photograph.
Related _Lomandra hystrix_ , usually growing in river sides, for example, has
the side branches of the inflorescence, spiralling all the way around the culm (stalk), with no flat 'stalk' gap in the branches as shown here in this _Lomandra longifolia_ sighting .
16 Jun 2025
Thank you for all this, @JasonPStewartNMsnc2016. At least I know what I'm looking for, even if I'm not yet easily familiar with the distinctions. Once I can get out & about again, I'll be checking them out more closely to 'get my eye in' :-0 ! Cheers, MazzV
Location information
- Places Copmanhurst, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- MazzV Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
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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
- External link More information
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5 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location