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Xanthorrhoea platyphylla
Xanthorrhoea platyphylla is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to Western Australia.
From the article Xanthorrhoea platyphylla on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The perennial grass tree typically grows to a height of 3 metres (10 ft) with the trunk reaching 0 to 0.6 metres (0 to 2 ft), scape of 0.5 to 0.8 metres (1.6 to 2.6 ft) and the flower spike to 0.9 to 1.6 metres (3 to 5 ft). It blooms in June producing cream-white flowers.
Range & habitat
It has a scattered distribution along the south coast in the Great southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia between Albany and Cape Arid where grows in sandy-clay soils containing gravel.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 969034.