Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Alphabe-Thursday: Xanthorrhoea




Xanthorrhoea is a genus of flowering plants native to Australia and a member of familyXanthorrhoeaceae,  Xanthorrhoea is commonly known as yakka, also spelled yacca and yacka, a name probably from a South Australian Aboriginal language.  It is another word for grass tree. 

 I am pretty sure this is a Xanthorrhoea plant. Correct me if this is not. New Zealand is very near to Australia and we have a lot of common plant.
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5 comments:

  1. Splendid Little StarsOctober 31, 2012 at 11:23 PM

    an interesting plant. It looks rather like a spider plant.

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  2. Rinkly RimesNovember 1, 2012 at 12:06 AM

    I like the name yakka best. A tough name for a tough-looking plant.

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  3. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪November 1, 2012 at 2:04 PM

    I went close-up, this is not a spider plant, it has a stem.

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  4. Cheryl D.November 2, 2012 at 11:25 PM

    That is so cool looking!

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  5. JennyNovember 13, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    What a cool plant!

    I think you should figure out a way to put two eyes on it! It would be like a plant version of Cousin It!

    Okay, that reference is probably wayyyy before your time!

    Thanks for an xcellent link to the letter "X".

    A+

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