Xanthorrhoeaceae

Flowers in a large thick complex spike Xanthorrhoeaceae

Scape up to 5 times as long as the spike

Leaves hard, not soft and spongy

Packing bracts densely hairy on their abaxial surface making the whole spike velvety

Spike cream to light brown when flowering. Leaves concave in cross-section or with a median channel or ± flat on adaxial surface. Stems buried, branched; the clusters of leaves thus often appearing to grow in colonies

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Leaves ± concave in cross-section, 3–6 mm wide, spreading to almost erect, glaucous. Scape 50–250 cm long, c. twice as long as the spike, c. 10 mm diam. Spike light brown when flowering. Widespread south of Sydney. Heath and DSF, often in wet sites Xanthorrhoea concava

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Leaves triangular in cross-section, up to 3 mm (rarely up to 3.5mm) wide, ± erect, glaucous. Scape 20–160 cm long, 2–3 times as long as the spike, 5–20 mm diam. Spike very pale brown to cream when flowering. Coast and Hornsby Plateau north of Gosford. Wet heath on sand Xanthorrhoea fulva