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Xanthorrhoea drummondii
	Xanthorrhoea drummondii in Avon Valley National Park
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asphodelaceae
Subfamily:	Xanthorrhoeoideae
Genus:	Xanthorrhoea
Species:	X. drummondii
Binomial name
	Xanthorrhoea drummondii; Harv.

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Xanthorrhoea drummondii, commonly known as grasstree^[2] or Drummond's balga,^[3] is a species of grasstree of the family Asphodelaceae.^[4]^[5] It is native to Western Australia.^[6]

Description

The perennial grass tree can grow to a height of 4.5 metres (15 ft) with the trunk reaching 2 metres (7 ft), scape of 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) and the flower spike to 1.8 metres (6 ft). It blooms between September and November producing yellow-white flowers.^[6]

The stem is usually simple with a single crown. Young leaves in form a stiffly erect tuft with older leaves often strongly reflexed forming a skirt around the stem. The glaucous grey-green leaves are quadrate-rhombic in cross-section and about 1.8 to 2.5 millimetres (0.07 to 0.10 in) wide and 1.3 to 2.3 millimetres (0.05 to 0.09 in) thick.^[7]

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by the botanist William Henry Harvey in 1855 as part of Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany.^[8]

Distribution

The species is found in the Perth hills and in coastal areas of the Mid West, Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils over laterite.^[6]

Cultivation

X. drummondii is cultivated in gardens and is easily grown from seed. It prefers a light well-drained soil in full sun. It is both drought tolerant and frost resistant.^[9]

References

^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Xanthorrhoea drummondii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T172663272A172926019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T172663272A172926019.en. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ "Xanthorrhoea drummondii - Grasstree". Nindethana. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ "Species lists based on plot records" (PDF). Bushland Perth. 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved November 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
^ "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 57 (1855)". Flora of Australia Online. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
^ "Xanthorrhoea drummondii". Australian Seeds. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[IUCN-1] IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Xanthorrhoea drummondii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T172663272A172926019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T172663272A172926019.en. Retrieved November 24, 2024.

[nin-2] "Xanthorrhoea drummondii - Grasstree". Nindethana. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[3] "Species lists based on plot records" (PDF). Bushland Perth. 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[POWO-4] "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved November 24, 2024.

[COL-5] "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved November 24, 2024.

[Florabase-6] "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[foa-7] "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 57 (1855)". Flora of Australia Online. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[8] "Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

[seed-9] "Xanthorrhoea drummondii". Australian Seeds. Retrieved 4 June 2017.

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+{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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+| status = LC
+| status_system = IUCN3.1
+| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author= IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) |date=2020 |title= ''Xanthorrhoea drummondii'' |volume=2020 |page= e.T172663272A172926019 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T172663272A172926019.en |access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref>
 |taxon = Xanthorrhoea drummondii
-|image =
+|image = Avon vally gnangarra-25.jpg
-|image_caption =
+|image_caption = Xanthorrhoea drummondii in [[Avon Valley National Park]]
 |authority = [[Harv.]]
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-'''''Xanthorrhoea drummondii''''', commonly known as '''blackboy'''<ref name=seed>{{cite web|url=https://australianseed.com/shop/item/xanthorrhoea-drummondii|title=Xanthorrhoea drummondii|accessdate=4 June 2017|publisher=Australian Seeds}}</ref> or '''grasstree''',<ref name=nin>{{cite web|url=https://www.nindethana.net.au/Product-Detail.aspx?p=3852|title=Xanthorrhoea drummondii - Grasstree|accessdate=4 June 2017|publisher=Nindethana}}</ref> a species of grasstree of the genus ''[[Xanthorrhoea]]'' native to Western Australia.<ref name=Florabase>{{Florabase | name = ''Xanthorrhoea drummondii''  Harv.  | id = 1252}}</ref>
+'''''Xanthorrhoea drummondii''''', commonly known as '''grasstree'''<ref name=nin>{{cite web|url=https://www.nindethana.net.au/Product-Detail.aspx?p=3852|title=Xanthorrhoea drummondii - Grasstree|access-date=4 June 2017|publisher=Nindethana}}</ref> or '''Drummond's balga''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bushlandperth.org.au/images/stories/BF_Ref_Sites/hartfield_park_forrestfield_bf_site_320_species_list.pdf|title=Species lists based on plot records|access-date=4 June 2017|publisher=Bushland Perth|year=2006}}</ref> is a species of grasstree of the family ''[[Asphodelaceae]]''.<ref name=POWO>{{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:444049-1 |title= Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref><ref name=COL>{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5C88M |title= Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv. |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=November 24, 2024}}</ref> It is native to Western Australia.<ref name=Florabase>{{Florabase | name = ''Xanthorrhoea drummondii''  Harv.  | id = 1252}}</ref>
+==Description==
 The perennial grass tree can grow to a height of {{convert|4.5|m|ft|0}} with the trunk reaching {{convert|2|m|ft|0}}, [[Scape (botany)|scape]] of {{convert|0.5|m|ft|1}} and the flower spike to {{convert|1.8|m|ft|0}}. It blooms between September and November producing yellow-white flowers.<ref name=Florabase/>
-The stem is usually simple with a single crown. Young leaves in form a stiffly erect tuft wotj older leaves often strongly reflexed forming a skirt around the stem. The glaucous grey-green leaves are quadrate-rhombic in cross-section and about {{convert|1.8|to|2.5|mm|in|2}} wide and {{convert|1.3|to|2.3|mm|in|2}} thick.<ref name=foa>{{cite web|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=51215|title=Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 57 (1855)|work=Flora of Australia Online|accessdate=4 June 2017|publisher=[[Commonwealth of Australia]]}}</ref>
+The stem is usually simple with a single crown. Young leaves in form a stiffly erect tuft with older leaves often strongly reflexed forming a skirt around the stem. The glaucous grey-green leaves are quadrate-rhombic in cross-section and about {{convert|1.8|to|2.5|mm|in|2}} wide and {{convert|1.3|to|2.3|mm|in|2}} thick.<ref name=foa>{{cite web|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=51215|title=Xanthorrhoea drummondii Harv., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 7: 57 (1855)|work=Flora of Australia Online|access-date=4 June 2017|publisher=[[Commonwealth of Australia]]}}</ref>
+==Taxonomy==
+The species was first formally described by the [[botanist]] [[William Henry Harvey]] in 1855 as part of ''[[Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2902442#overview|title=''Xanthorrhoea drummondii'' Harv.|work=Atlas of Living Australia|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|access-date=4 June 2017}}</ref>
+==Distribution==
 The species is found in the Perth hills and in coastal areas of the [[Mid West (Western Australia)|Mid West]], [[Wheatbelt (Western Australia)|Wheatbelt]] and [[Great Southern (Western Australia)|Great Southern]] regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils over [[laterite]].<ref name=Florabase/>
+==Cultivation==
-The species was first formally described by the [[botanist]] [[William Henry Harvey]] in 1855 as part of ''[[Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2902442#overview|title=''Xanthorrhoea drummondii'' Harv.|work=Atlas of Living Australia|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility|accessdate=4 June 2017}}</ref>
+''X. drummondii'' is cultivated in gardens and is easily grown from seed. It prefers a light well-drained soil in full sun. It is both [[drought]] tolerant and frost resistant.<ref name=seed>{{cite web|url=https://australianseed.com/shop/item/xanthorrhoea-drummondii|title=Xanthorrhoea drummondii|access-date=4 June 2017|publisher=Australian Seeds}}</ref>
-''X. drummondii'' is cultivated in gardens and is easily grown from seed. It prefers a light well-drained soil in full sun. It is both [[drought]] tolerant and frost resistant.<ref name=seed/>
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q15609006}}
 [[Category:Asparagales of Australia]]
 [[Category:Xanthorrhoeoideae|drummondii]]
-[[Category:Flora of Western Australia]]
+[[Category:Angiosperms of Western Australia]]
 [[Category:Plants described in 1855]]
+[[Category:Endemic flora of Southwest Australia]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by William Henry Harvey]]