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Xanthorrhoea acanthostachya

Xanthorrhoea acanthostachya
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Asphodelaceae (Aloe family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
WSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Xanthorrhoea acanthostachya is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to Western Australia.

Where it grows

It has a scattered distribution along the west coast in the Wheatbelt, Peel and South West regions of Western Australia. It extends from Coorow in the north to Capel in the south where it grows in sandy soils with lateritic gravel.

Other Xanthorrhoea plants

Xanthorrhoea acaulis · Broad Leafed Grasstree · Xanthorrhoea arenaria · Austral Grass Tree · Xanthorrhoea bracteata · Xanthorrhoea brevistyla · Xanthorrhoea brunonis · Sand Heath Grasstree · Xanthorrhoea concava · Drummond's Balga · Swamp Grasstree · Blue Grasstree

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xanthorrhoea acanthostachya by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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