Xanthorrhoea australis

Stem up to 3 m long, often branched. Leaves forming an erect tuft when young, becoming spreading, quadrate-rhombic to transverse-rhombic in cross-section, 1.2–3 mm wide, 1–2.2 mm thick, bluish, glaucous. Inflorescence with flower-bearing part 110–180(–250) cm long, c. 50–80 mm diam., 2–6 times as long as non-flowering axis which is 0.3–0.5 m long and c. 18–40 mm diam.; bracts around flowers very prominent, narrow and tapering to a fine point; bracts between flowers narrow, tapered to a fine point, glabrous. Sepals with apex ± acute with an adaxial projection present; petals glabrous, except for a small hairy, adaxial projection from the apex. Flowers Jul.–Dec.