Xanthorrhoea nana
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asphodelaceae |
| Subfamily: | Xanthorrhoeoideae |
| Genus: | Xanthorrhoea |
| Species: | X. nana |
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Xanthorrhoea nana D.A.Herb. |
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Xanthorrhoea nana, commonly known as dwarf grasstree, is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to Western Australia.
The perennial grass tree typically grows to a height of 1 metre (3 ft) with the trunk reaching 0 to 0.5 metres (0 to 2 ft), scape of 0.3 metres (1.0 ft) and the flower spike to 0.3 metres (1 ft). It blooms between August and October producing cream-white flowers.
It has a scattered distribution the Wheatbelt and western Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where grows in sandy soils.
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