Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Laxmannia compacta
Common name
None
Family
Asparagaceae
Where found
Shrubland and heath. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands, north of Ulladulla and Queanbeyan. ACT.
Notes
Perennial herb, to about 0.1 m high, often prostrate to spreading. Leaves with sharp tips. Leaves in clusters along the stems, mostly 0.4–5.1 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, margins fringed; basal sheath membranous, 2.5–11 mm long.. Flowers white to pink, opening at night, with 6 'petals'. Outer 'petals' 3–4 mm long; inner 'petals' loosely tubular, 3–5 mm long. Flowers in 7–11-flowered clusters. Flowering: Aug.–Nov.
Family Anthericaceae in PlantNET.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Laxmannia~compacta (accessed 13 April 2021)
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