Xanthorrhoea minor is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea

Xanthorrhoea

Xanthorrhoea is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia and a member of family Xanthorrhoeaceae, being the only member of subfamily Xanthorrhoeoideae. The Xanthorrhoeaceae are monocots, part of order Asparagales. There are 28 species and five subspecies of Xanthorrhoea.-Description:All are...

native to south-eastern Australia

Australia

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. It was one of the many species authored by the Scottish botanist Robert Brown

Robert Brown (botanist)

Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...

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Unlike some other species of grasstree, it lacks a trunk, and its leaves grow from one or more underground stems. The leaves are green. It flowers from October to November.

Two subspecies are currently recognised:

• X. minor subsp. lutea from South Australia
  South Australia
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   and Victoria
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• X. minor subsp. minor from New South Wales
  New South Wales
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  , which grows in wet poorly drained areas such as swamps around the Sydney Basin
  Sydney Basin
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  , north to Gosford
  Gosford, New South Wales
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  , and west to Springwood
  Springwood, New South Wales
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   and south to Campbelltown
  Campbelltown, New South Wales
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