Xanthorrhoea concava (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford APNI* Synonyms: Xanthorrhoea resinosa subsp. concava A.T.Lee APNI*
Description: Trunk absent; stem branched below ground; crowns 1-many, each a loosely erect tuft.
Leaves very depressed-cuneate to concave in T.S., 3–6 mm wide, 1.5–2 mm thick, blue-green, glaucous.
Scape 0.5–2.5 m long, c. 10 mm diam.; spike about half as long as scape, 50–90 cm long, 1.5–3 cm diam.; cluster bracts obscure, or prominent only at base of spike, shortly acute, densely hirsute; packing bracts shortly acute, densely hirsute with pale hairs. Outer tepals shortly acute, with beak, without proboscis, densely hirsute with pale hairs. Inner tepals reflexed, with proboscis, glabrous except a terminal tuft of short hairs.
Flowering: October–December
Distribution and occurrence: Often grows in seasonally waterlogged sites; from Sydney district south to Eden. There is one old record from the far North Coast, which needs investigation.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, ST
The spike appears distinctly velvety light brown from the long pale hairs on the packing bracts and outer tepals.
Text by D. J. Bedford (1993); edited KL Wilson (July 2009)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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