About

Lomandra effusa is a perennial, dioecious, rhizomatous herb native to Australia. It is a perennial tussock with bluish green, large, arching leaves which are distinctive by the two toothed leaf tip. It has white, cream or pink fragrant flowers during the months of June to October.

This native Australian plant is found in Victoria, SA, south of WA, ACT, and NSW states on slopes and dunes, well-drained flats, and near salt pans and granite outcrops. It grows in most soils with full to partial sun and is tolerant to harsh weather including droughts and heavy frost and against invasive species. It is often found in tussock grassland ecological groups alongside its close relative Lomandra multiflora and other similar sized perennial grasses.

Where it grows

Lomandra effusa is native to Australia and found in Victoria, SA, south of WA, ACT, and NSW states. It is found from the coast of Australia to the mountains. The bioregions, according to the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) system, it is found in Victoria include the Wimmera, Goldfields, Dundas Tablelands, Northern inland slopes, Greater Grampians, and Volcanic and Robinvale Plains and Riverina. Lomandra effusa is found in the Murry regions across Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia. It is also found in Mallee communities in Victoria and Western Australia. In the South Australian state, it is also found in the Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Eyre and Yorke Peninsula’s, Flinders Rangers, and in the Eastern and South Eastern bioregions and the South and North Lofty communities. In NSW, Lomandra effusa is found in subdivisions west of Condobolin. It is also found in the Eremaean and South-West regions of Western Australia.

Uses

Plants in the Lomandra genus are often used for commercial and domestic applications. Some have been used for food or as a way of obtaining foods, ornamental purposes, bush medicine or erosion control by mass planting. When species within the Lomandra genus are used for these commercial purposes, it is required that the plants be produced uniformly and in high numbers by utilising plant tissue culture.

Other Lomandra plants

Tropical matrush · Small Matrush · Lomandra brevis · Pale Mat Rush · Clumped Matrush · Lomandra cylindrica · Lomandra drummondii · Lomandra elongata · Wattle Mat Rush · Lomandra fluviatilis · Pale Mat Rush · Slender Matrush