| Lomandra hystrix | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lomandroideae |
| Genus: | Lomandra |
| Species: | L. hystrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Lomandra hystrix | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Xerotes hystrixR.Br. | |
Lomandra hystrix, commonly known as green mat-rush, [2] or creek mat-rush, [3] is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia.
This species was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown as Xerotes hystrix. [1] [4] In 1937 Lilian Ross Fraser and Joyce Winifred Vickery gave it its current name of Lomandra hystrix. [1] [5]
The leaves are 80 cm to 100 cm long, and about 10 mm to 20 mm wide. [3] It grows beside watercourses in upland and mountain rainforest. [3]
The plant is often used for revegetation and erosion control. [2] The starchy, fleshy bases of the leaves are edible, tasting of raw peas. Even when the roots are exposed it will cling tenaciously in poor soils. [2]
This species is closely related to L. longifolia ; the inner bract and flowers are similar, but it differs in leaf apex, lack of conspicuous marginal sclerenchyma bands on leaves, and in inflorescence branching. [6]
