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Xanthorrhoea preissii (Balga)

Synonyms: Xanthorrhoea pecoris; Xanthorrhoea reflexa

Wikipedia Abstract

Xanthorrhoea preissii (synonyms X. pecoris, X. reflexa), with the common name balga, is a widespread species of perennial monocot in Southwest Australia. This plant, and other members of the genus Xanthorrhoea, are also known as blackboys or grasstrees. The form of the plant resembles a tree, with very long and bunched, grass-like, leaves that emerge from a central base.
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Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Shrub

Predators

Cryptobarsac rubriops[3]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0