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Salt Lawrencia

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Scientific Name: Lawrencia spicata
Salt Lawrencia plant
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.

RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
*Western, *GippslandS1, S2, S3W2, W3
*mostly coastal

Salt Lawrencia Photos

Salt Lawrencia leaf
Basal leaf of Salt Lawrencia
Photo: A J Brown
Mature Salt lawrencia
Mature Salt Lawrencia plant
Photo: A J Brown

Salt lawrencia flowers
Flowers of Salt Lawrencia
Photo: A J Brown

Salt lawrencia mature flower spike
Mature flower spike of Salt Lawrencia
Photo: A J Brown

Salt Lawrencia young flower spike
Young flower spike of Salt Lawrencia
Photo: A J Brown

Salt lawrencia - leaves and flower spike
Leaves on flower spike of Salt Lawrencia
Photo: A J Brown

Salt lawrencia new flower spike
Salt Lawrencia with newly developed flower spikes
Photo: A J Brown

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