Common name
Hard Mat-Rush; Stiff Mat-rush; Many-flowered Mat-Rush; Iron-Grass
Position
Full sun
Flower shape and colour
Cream
Form
Grass Sedge or Flax; Clumping
Suitability for landscaping
Butterfly attracting as a family; Ornamental perennial tussocky shrub for verges, nature strips, roundabouts reserves and parks. Planted en-mass provides soil stabilization and valuable habitat and food sources for native birds, butterflies, caterpillars, small mammals and reptiles (Botanic Gardens | Lomandra multiflora)
Propagation
By sowing seed and by division (Atlas of Living Australia | Lomandra multiflora ssp dura; Fuller, D How to Divide Lomandras: An Expert’s Step-by-Step Guide)
Cultivation
Tube stock is available at Native nurseries, notably at the SA State flora nursery (SA State flora catalogue, p. 38)
References | acknowledgements
- Atlas of Living Australia 2025, Lomandra multiflora ssp dura | Hard Mat-Rush. Provides information about the characteristics and distribution of Lomandra multiflora.
- Botanic Gardens of South Australia 2025, Lomandra multiflora ssp dura | Hard Mat-rush. Provides information about the plant features and uses of the Native sedge.
- insiderelic 2025, Lomandra multiflora ssp dura | Hard Mat-rush. Provides information about the image stored in iNaturalistAU of the Lomandra multiflora ssp dura.
- Fuller D 2023, How to Divide Lomandras: An Expert’s Step-by-Step Guide. Provides information about the propagation of Lomandras by division.