Wattle Mat-rush (Lomandra filiformis)

Wattle Mat-rush gets its name from its flowers that look much like wattle buds and range from cream to yellow in colour. With some variation depending on its location, this plant flowers from around October to November. Native to Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales, Wattle Mat-rush is an important food source for caterpillars including Phigalia Skipper, Phigalioides Skipper, Praxedes Skipper, Eilena Skipper and Rare White Spot Skipper. It is frost and drought resistant and grows to approximately 0.25-m high and 0.2-m wide.

Soure: Indigenous plant use; A booklet on the medicinal, nutritional and technological use of indigenous plants; By Zena Cumpston; Clean Air and Urban Landscapes (CAUL) Hub in Melbourne 2020