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GEOGRAPHE COMMUNITY LANDCARE NURSERY

Busselton, Western Australia 0429 644 885
2 km south of the Busselton Bypass at 366 Queen Elizabeth Avenue

2001- 2013

Volunteering for Biodiversity

OVER 200 local species
for landcare and gardens

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SPECIES

Photos and information about the species we grow,
and perhaps about a few we might like to grow in the future

FAMILY
PHORMIACEAE

Scientific name
Stypandra glauca
Common name
Blind Grass

Stypandra glauca
Blind Grass
[with Calothamnus graniticus]
This is a wonderful occurrence, the plants growing in the crevices of this ancient granite outcrop, with mosses, lichens, ferns, ...
Around the granite outcrop, an interesting collection of species including Dillwynia laxiflora, Thryptomene saxicola, Cryptandra arbutiflora var. tubulosa, and the Calothamnus graniticus ssp. graniticus, ...
Big Rock Reserve, Quedjinup
Photo: Alison Cassanet
27th August 2006

Photo: Cassandra Jury

Before flowering: Big Rock, Quedjinup.
Photo: Richard Clark
June 24th 2007

A FloraBase page on the family Phormiaceae. Phormiaceae in the Families of Flowering Plants. A Wikipedia page describing the differing classifications of Phormiaceae.	A FloraBase map showing the distribution of Stypandra in Western Australia.
Horticultural note: Our nursery does not grow this species yet, but we are aiming to propagate it. Our page on 'grass gardens' has a photo of this species from the Australian Garden, Cranbourne.
References: FloraBase MABBERLEY, D.J. (1987/1997) The Plant Book, Cambridge University Press. WHEELER, J. et al (2002) Flora of the South West – Bunbury/Augusta/Denmark, Australian Biological Resources Study, University of Western Australia Press.

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