🌿 Family

Asphodelaceae

151 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Asparagales › Asphodelaceae

Xanthorrhoea arborea R.Br.

Xanthorrhoea arborea is an Australian native grasstree species described by Robert Brown, found in dry sclerophyll forest in New South Wales and Queensland.

Xanthorrhoea australis R.Br.

Xanthorrhoea australis, the Australian grass tree, is a slow-growing, long-lived Australian plant with distinctive fire-blackened trunks and blue-green leaves, used for food and tools by Indigenous Australians.

Xanthorrhoea caespitosa D.J.Bedford

Xanthorrhoea caespitosa, the sand-heath grasstree, is a vulnerable perennial grasstree native to south-eastern Australia.

Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv.

Xanthorrhoea drummondii is a perennial Western Australian grass tree cultivated in gardens for its drought and frost tolerance.

Xanthorrhoea fulva (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford

Xanthorrhoea fulva is a trunkless Australian grasstree reclassified as a full species in 1986, native to wet sandy areas of NSW and Queensland.

Xanthorrhoea glauca D.J.Bedford

Xanthorrhoea glauca is a large Australian plant with documented traditional Ngunnawal Aboriginal uses.

Xanthorrhoea johnsonii A.T.Lee

Xanthorrhoea johnsonii, or Johnson's Grass Tree, is a large eastern Australian grass tree with strong foliage used in floral design.

Xanthorrhoea latifolia (A.T.Lee) D.J.Bedford

Xanthorrhoea latifolia is an Australian grasstree found on the eastern coast, with a trunk absent or over 3.5m tall.

Xanthorrhoea macronema F.Muell. ex Benth.

Xanthorrhoea macronema, the bottlebrush grass tree, is an eastern Australian coastal grass tree with an underground trunk and long flowering stems.

Xanthorrhoea media R.Br.

Xanthorrhoea media is a mid-sized perennial grass tree found from near Sydney to the Blue Mountains.

Xanthorrhoea minor R.Br.

Xanthorrhoea minor is a trunkless green-leaved grasstree native to south-eastern Australia, with two recognised subspecies.

Xanthorrhoea preissii Endl.

Xanthorrhoea preissii (balga) is a fire-tolerant tree-like grass tree native to Western Australia, important to Noongar culture.

Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata F.Muell.

Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata F.Muell. is a very slow-growing Australian grass tree with blue-green foliage and nectar-rich flower spikes.

Xanthorrhoea resinosa Pers.

Xanthorrhoea resinosa is a mid-sized perennial grass tree that grows in Australian heathland and eucalyptus forest.

Xanthorrhoea semiplana F.Muell.

Xanthorrhoea semiplana is a species of Australian grass tree with two subspecies, that provides microclimate shelter for wildlife.

Kniphofia thomsonii Baker

Kniphofia thomsonii, or Thomson's red-hot poker, is an African flowering plant with an Award of Garden Merit cultivar.

Kniphofia northiae Baker

Kniphofia northiae, the giant red-hot poker, is an evergreen perennial valued in horticulture for its architectural form.

Aloe polyphylla Pillans

Aloe polyphylla, the spiral aloe, is a distinctive stemless aloe native to the high mountains of Lesotho.

Aloe succotrina Weston

Aloe succotrina is a South African fynbos aloe grown ornamentally and used medicinally, with winter-blooming red flowers.

Aloe cooperi Baker

Aloe cooperi Baker, or Cooper's aloe, is a Southern African succulent important to Zulu people, used as food, medicine, and a popular garden plant.

Aloe excelsa A.Berger

Aloe excelsa, the Zimbabwe Aloe, is a tall single-stemmed aloe native to south-central Africa grown ornamentally for its imposing form.

Aloe brevifolia Mill.

Aloe brevifolia (short-leaved aloe) is an endangered South African succulent widely grown as an ornamental plant.

Aloe macroclada Baker

Aloe macroclada is a slow-growing Madagascan aloe with large flower stalks and wide, tooth-margined leaves.

Aloe comosa Marloth & A.Berger

Aloe comosa is a tree aloe native to a small area of South Africa's Western Cape, grown as a decorative collector's plant.

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