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Xanthorrhoea platyphylla is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to Western Australia.[1]

Xanthorrhoea platyphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Xanthorrhoeoideae
Genus:	Xanthorrhoea
Species:	X. platyphylla
Binomial name
Xanthorrhoea platyphylla D.J.Bedford

Description

The perennial grass tree typically grows to a height of 3 metres (10 ft) with the trunk reaching 0 to 0.6 metres (0 to 2 ft), scape of 0.5 to 0.8 metres (1.6 to 2.6 ft) and the flower spike to 0.9 to 1.6 metres (3 to 5 ft). It blooms in June producing cream-white flowers.[1]

Distribution

It has a scattered distribution along the south coast in the Great southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia between Albany and Cape Arid where grows in sandy-clay soils containing gravel.[1]

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