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Lomandra preissii

Lomandra preissii
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Lomandra preissii is a tufted, grass-like perennial from southwest Western Australia, growing 20 to 60 cm tall. It is tough and drought tolerant, and grows best in full sun or part shade with free-draining soil.

Family
Asparagaceae (Asparagus family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then sparingly; tolerates dry spells once mature.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loam soil; tolerates poor, sandy soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost, protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Lomandra preissii is a species of perennial, herbaceous plant in the family Asparagaceae native to Southwest Australia. It grows to a heights of 20 cm (7.9 in) to 60 cm (24 in), and has flowers in green or yellow/purple from April till July.

Other Lomandra plants

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 preissii 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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