Small Grass Tree - native (Xanthorrhoea minor)

Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae.

Native.

Rare. Probably now extinct in this area. Small Grass-tree was recorded for the Langlea district during roadside surveys c1990. Subsequent searches failed to find it.

Recognise:

• it has an erect flower stalk
• the cylindrical flower cluster has numerous small white flowers
• unlike the other Grass Trees, it does not have a trunk.

Photo 1: Garden specimen. 2: Creswick 3: Wonthaggi heathlands.