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Wattle Mat Rush

Lomandra filiformis

Wattle Mat Rush
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0

Wattle mat-rush is a tufted, clumping perennial native to eastern Australia, with strap-like leaves and yellow flowers. It is grown for its tough, drought-tolerant foliage and needs well-drained soil and full sun to part shade.

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates dry spells well.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, rocky ground.
Temperature
10–35 °C; tolerates light frost but protect from hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Queensland to Victoria
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Lomandra filiformis, commonly known as wattle mat-rush, is a tussock forming perennial herb that is native to Australia. It is sparsely tufted, with strap-like leaves and yellow flowers. It grows in dry sclerophyll forest and grassy woodland, usually on well-drained rocky or sandy soils.

Other Lomandra plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lomandra filiformis 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.

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