Doryanthaceae FAMILY

Doryanthes palmeri

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Doryanthes palmeri is an evergreen perennial plant forming one or more rosettes of long, sword-shaped leaves around 3 - 4 metres tall and after some years a flowering stem that can be 5 metres tall[ 343 Title Growing Native Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/ Publisher Australian National Botanic Gardens Year 0 ISBN Description A series of articles giving details of cultivation and matters of general interest (including a few plant uses) on over 250 Australian plants. ]. Individual rosettes die after the plant flowers, but the plant usually produces one or more new rosettes and thus continues living[ 343 Title Growing Native Plants Publication Author Website http://www.anbg.gov.au/gnp/ Publisher Australian National Botanic Gardens Year 0 ISBN Description A series of articles giving details of cultivation and matters of general interest (including a few plant uses) on over 250 Australian plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is the potential source of a strong fibre and is also grown as an ornamentl.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern Australia - northeast New South Wales, southeast Queensland

HabitatCoastal ranges, usually in wet eucalypt open-forest on steep slopes[ 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. ].