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Cordyline stricta
Cordyline stricta is an evergreen Australian shrub or small tree, up to about 5 metres tall, with long narrow leaves and purple-black fruit. It is grown as a hardy shrub or accent plant in mild climates and is easiest in bright, sheltered spots with good drainage.
Cordyline stricta, known as the slender palm lily or narrow-leaved palm lily, is an evergreen Australian plant. A shrub to 5 metres tall found in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest, usually on the coastal lowlands. From near Bilpin, New South Wales further north to Queensland. C. stricta has become naturalised in Victoria.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cordyline stricta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
