Lomandra Species, Dwarf Mat Rush, Longleaf Matrush, Spiny Headed Matrush

On warm summer days the flowers have a strong fragrance, will grow in almost any soil and aspect, Narrow strap like leaves will arch over...Read More rocks or hide ugly concrete edges of water features.
Can be propagated by seed as well as dividing root ball. Plant is suitable for poorly drained areas, heavy shade, frost hardy to -7 degree C, can be used as a rockery plant to trail or spread over rock, will reach more than 50cm high. Can be used as a indoor plant or in tropical areas. Grows to about 60-70cm high and spreads to about 1 metre

Spiny-headed Mat-rush is a common plant of forests and heaths in eastern Australia. It looks mostly like a coarse grass or sedge, but in ...Read Morethe spring produces quite pretty spikes of tiny flowers containing sweet nectar. On this species the flower spikes contain spiny bracts at the base of each flower cluster. The name Mat-rush, comes from the popularity of the leaves of this plant for weaving mats and baskets. The leaves are very even in width, which makes them very suitable for weaving. The Ganai people use this plant in many other ways, besides weaving with them. The leaves were pulled and the white base of the leaf was eaten. The flowers were also eated and a sweet drink was made by soaking the flowers in water.
The plants are often used in gardens of native plants and are easily increased by dividing the clumps. I recently collected some seed and will report how easy they are to germinate later.