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Lomandra obliqua
Also called Twisted Mat Rush
Fish Bones is a small, wiry, ground-covering perennial from eastern Australia whose twisted, fern-like leaves give it its look. It is a tough, drought-tolerant plant that suits dry, well-drained sites in full sun or light shade.
Lomandra obliqua, known as fish bones and twisted mat-rush, is a small wiry ground-covering flowering plant found in eastern Australia (in Queensland and New South Wales). It is a widespread plant seen on the coast and tablelands. The foliage superficially resembles a fern, but creamy/yellow flowers form on clusters in spring. Leaves are two-ranked, somewhat glaucous and twisted.
The habitat is heathland on sandstone soils, open forest or eucalyptus woodland.
Tropical matrush · Small Matrush · Lomandra brevis · Pale Mat Rush · Clumped Matrush · Lomandra cylindrica · Lomandra drummondii · Scented Mat Rush · Lomandra elongata · Wattle Mat Rush · Lomandra fluviatilis · Pale Mat Rush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lomandra obliqua 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.
