1 Grass Tree at Cheynes, WA
Identification history
| Kingia australis | 5 Feb 2025 | marcycad | ||
| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | 19 Jun 2024 | Tapirlord | ||
| Xanthorrhoea (genus) | 2 Dec 2022 | natureguy | ||
| Unverified | 14 Jun 2022 | Christine |
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User's notes
Good numbers around the campsite and along the road in.
3 comments
natureguy
wrote:
2 Dec 2022
I think these are most likely X. platyphylla though X. preissii possible
marcycad
wrote:
8 Jan 2025
These are definitively Kingia australis, and the first images of this species on this site. With the absence of the characteristic flowers, Kingia can be differentiated from Xanthorrhoea by the leaves and crown shape. The leaves are characteristically softer and more flexible than the tough sclerophyllous leaves of Xanthorrhoea, because of this there is a subtle difference in the crown shape of Kingia in the way the leaves arch and weep down to a higher degree comparable with that of Xanthorrhoea. Xanthorrhoea leaves in the apex tend to be more rigid and are held in a more upright straighter fashion.
The monopodial trunk of Kingia is also usually more uniform than the typically gnarled trunks of Xanthorrhoea.
In addition, there are no Xanthorrhoea species that produce the almost silver-like sheen on the leaves of Kingia as the result of the very fine white hairs on Kingia leaves, as seen here. Xanthorrhoea leaves are glabrous, never hirsute. The morphological characteristics of these specimens comply more readily with Kingia that with Xanthorrhoea.
This observation is still inaccurately listed as Xanthorrhoea. Please update this observation so to prevent incorrect data on this site.
The monopodial trunk of Kingia is also usually more uniform than the typically gnarled trunks of Xanthorrhoea.
In addition, there are no Xanthorrhoea species that produce the almost silver-like sheen on the leaves of Kingia as the result of the very fine white hairs on Kingia leaves, as seen here. Xanthorrhoea leaves are glabrous, never hirsute. The morphological characteristics of these specimens comply more readily with Kingia that with Xanthorrhoea.
This observation is still inaccurately listed as Xanthorrhoea. Please update this observation so to prevent incorrect data on this site.
Location information
- Places Cheynes, WA
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Christine NatureMapr South West Western Australia Grass-trees Palms and tree-like monocots Plants Xanthorrhoea (genus)
Species information
- Xanthorrhoea (genus) Scientific name
- Grass Tree Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 991m Recorded at altitude
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