Xanthorrhoea bracteata

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Xanthorrhoea bracteata, the shiny grasstree, is a small grass-tree native to Tasmania, Australia. It has no obvious trunk and may have multiple crowns. Its leaves are long and very narrow, about 40–110 cm long and 1.5–3 mm wide. It produces a small flower spike with white flowers about 3 mm wide in tight clusters, usually blooming from January to February; the scape is very thin (4–9 mm in diameter). The fruit is a capsule containing round, slightly flattened seeds. This plant grows on sandy, coastal heath soils that are often acidic and waterlogged, at a few sites between Narawntapu National Park and Mount William in northeastern Tasmania. It is Endangered under the Australian EPBC Act and considered vulnerable under Tasmania’s Threatened Species Protection Act. Threats include infection by Phytophthora cinnamomi, land clearance, inappropriate burning regimes, and foliage harvesting. The shiny grasstree was described by Robert Brown; synonyms include Xanthorrhoea minor.