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Scientific Name: | Lawrencia spicata | Young Salt Lawrencia plant Photo: A J Brown | |||||
Status: | Native to Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales. | ||||||
Plant Description: | Ascending perennial herb from 0.3-1 m high with fleshy stems and leaves, forming a loose rosette. Plant, including flowers hairless. Leaf blades 2-7 cm long with long stalks. Flowers yellow or white, solitary in bracts on a dense cylindrical spike 30-60 cm long. | ||||||
Habitat: | Found in coastal saltmarsh, estuaries and river banks and occasionally near inland salt lakes.
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Basal leaf of Salt Lawrencia Photo: A J Brown | Mature Salt Lawrencia plant Photo: A J Brown |
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Young flower spike of Salt Lawrencia Photo: A J Brown |
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