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Xanthorrhoea pumilio is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to Queensland.[1]

Xanthorrhoea pumilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Xanthorrhoeoideae
Genus:	Xanthorrhoea
Species:	X. pumilio
Binomial name
Xanthorrhoea pumilio R.Br.

The perennial grass tree typically grows to a height of 2 to 3 metres (7 to 10 ft) with the trunk reaching 0.6 metres (2 ft), scape of 0.5 to 2 metres (1.6 to 6.6 ft) and the flower spike to 0.5 metres (2 ft). It blooms between April and May producing cream-white flowers.[2]

The species is found along the east coast of Queensland from Cooktown south to Gladstone and as afar west as the Great Dividing Range.

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