Xanthorrhoea (Grass Tree)

Xanthorrhoea is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants, in the family Asphodelaceae. There are endemic to Australia (thank you Wikipaedia!). I'm not sure what this particular variety is called but I thought it was pretty impressive.

[Diana]

Fabulous find and capture, such a wonderful looking tree with lovely textures.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

they are really fun, we used to call them something else, but grass tree is now the accepted name and that 'spear' is the flower

[*lynn]

wow, unusual

[narayani]

So many “heads”! Balga is another name, (though maybe this is different with all those heads)

[Issi Bannerman]

Yes, I see heads everywhere, and faces. Super plant.

[katy]

It really is a very unusual looking tree!

[Babs]

What a beautiful plant.
@koalagardens I still call them 'something else' even though it isn't very PC these days.

[judith deacon]

@onewing ditto!

[carol white]

Great capture of this unusual tree

[KWind]

I've never seen one before! thanks for sharing.

[Carole Sandford]

How unusual!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Wow- I think it looks like a character out of a Dr. Seuss book! Good catch!

[bkb in the city]

How unusual

[Kathy]

An interesting looking tree.