Spiny-Headed Mat-Rush
Lomandra longifolia
About Spiny-Headed Mat-Rush
Spiny-Headed Mat-Rush (Lomandra longifolia) is a herb used in the Aboriginal Australian Medicine tradition to help with Wound Healing, Digestive Issues, Nutritional Support, and Fever. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Lomandra longifolia, commonly known as spiny-head mat-rush, spiky-headed mat-rush or basket grass, is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found throughout eastern Australia. The leaves are 40 cm to 80 cm long, and generally have a leaf of about 8 mm to 12 mm wide. It grows in a variety of soil types and is frost, heat and drought tolerant. Labillardiere described Lomandra longifolia from a specimen collected in Tasmania.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist