Richea pandanifolia Hook.f.

Giant Grass Tree

A tree to several metres tall. Leaves to 1.5 m long, leathery, forming a crown at tip. Flowers white in branching axillary clusters largely hidden by the leaves, mostly white but sometimes red; summer.

Tas

Grows naturally in wet montane forest and gullies.

Cultivated in Tasmania.

Flowers in branched clusters mostly hidden by the leaves which may be more than 1 m long.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Epacridaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Ericaceae
genus        Richea R.Br.