An Australianplant of the genus Xanthorrhoea (order: Asparagales, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grass-like leaves, from whose centre arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail.
A New Zealand shrub of the genus Dracophyllum - grows up to 12 m high and found throughout in drier climates and at higher altitudes. Has slender erect or spreading branches. Rigid, leathery grass-like leaves are usually crowded towards the tip of the branchlets. Also called spiderwood.
A similar Australian plant, Kingia australis (family: Dasypogonaceae).
Dasylirion longissimum (family: Asparagaceae), the Mexican grass tree
Dracophyllum (family: Ericaceae), a genus of about 100 species.
Richea pandanifolia (family Ericaceae), the giant grass tree.
