- Common Name: Swamp Grasstree
- Type: Herb, Grasstree
- Family: XANTHORRHOEACEAE
- Size: to 2 metres
- Flowers: Winter, Spring
- Vegetation Type: Wet Heath
- Species List: W1, Bush food, Craft, Emu Mt., Peregian Boardwalk, Mooloolaba TAFE, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Cranks Creek, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, Girraween, Emu Swamp, Marcus Dunes, Noosa River NP, BHNR, Arthur Harrold NR,, NNS, Regional Ecosystem 12.3.13.
Cultural Notes
Honey Production: honey source minor, Pollen source minor.
Bush food: edible Nectar, seeds and Leaf bases. Grubs in Trunk base.
Dry Flower stalks used for fire-making.
Identification Notes
No aerial Trunk
Leaves triangular or almost flat in cross-section, Glaucous in colour
Flower spikes densely hairy
Flowering part less than half total height of Spike
.
Landscaping Notes
Suitable Plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type)
Feature foliage
Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.
Associated Fauna
found in Ground Parrot habit.
