Asteliaceae FAMILY

Astelia alpina

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Astelia alpina is an evergreen, perennial plant forming clusters of tough, leathery, grass-like leaves rom 5 - 40cm long. The plant spreads at the roots and can form dense mats of growth[ 286 Title Flora of Australia Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/abif/flora/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The full information from the Flora of Australia - on-line. An excellent resource. , 397 Title Australian Native Plants Society Publication Author Website http://anpsa.org.au/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets on Australian plants. Good photographs, brief description and information on uses, habitat, range, cultivation etc. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It would be suitable for used as an ornamental and could be used as a ground cover.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeAustralia - New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania

HabitatMountain moorlands, especially in boggy situations, in the alpine and sub-alpine zones[ 154 Title Flora of Victoria. Publication Author Ewart. A. J. Publisher University Press; Melbourne Year 1930 ISBN Description A flora of eastern Australia, it is rather short on information that is useful to the plant project. ].