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Lomandra rigida
Lomandra rigida, commonly known as stiff mat rush, is a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to the southern coast of Southwest Australia.
From the article Lomandra rigida on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A mat forming perennial plant, growing to a height between 0.1 and 0.3 metres. They are a dioecious species, separated as male and female individuals, that present cream or yellow flowers around October to December. The leaves terminate in a pair of spines.
What it does
Endemic to sand on granitic outcrops at the coast of the eastern Esperance Plains and offshore islands at the Recherche Archipelago. The dense and spiny mats formed by the plant provides habitat for other organisms and a deterrent to herbivores, the assemblage of plants may include Caladenia heberleana and Anthocercis vicosa subsp. caudata.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 862804.