Xanthorrhoea latifolia subsp. maxima D.J.Bedford APNI* 
Description: Leaves 4.2–10 mm wide, 1–3.5 mm thick; spike less than half as long as scape; packing bracts acute. Trunk absent or up to 3.6 m high; crowns usually many. Leaves narrowly transverse-rhombic in T.S., 4.2–10 mm wide, 1–3.5 mm thick, bright green. Scape 0.7–2.1 m long, 12–17 mm diam.; spike less than half as long as scape, 45–60 cm long, 2.8–3.5 cm diam.
Flowering: Flowers June–October
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in wet sclerophyll forest on the summit of Mt Warning and at Minyon Falls and Mebbin S.F.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
This subspecies has distinctively large, swollen leaf bases which are sometimes dark red.
Text by D. J. Bedford
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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