Lomandra laxa

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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|genus = Lomandra

|species = laxa

|authority = (R.Br.) A.T.Lee

|synonyms = Xerotes laxa {{small|R.Br.}}

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Lomandra laxa is a perennial, rhizomatous herb found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.{{cite web |title=Lomandra laxa|work=PlantNet New South Wales Flora Online; author G. J. Harden|url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lomandra~laxa|accessdate=2017-05-14}}{{Cite web |title=Lomandra laxa (R.Br.) A.T.Lee {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:537948-1 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}

It was first described in 1810 as Xerotes laxa by Robert Brown,{{APNI2|id=71850 | name=Xerotes laxa R.Br.}}Brown, R. (1810), [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36315538 Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805: 261] but in 1962 it was transferred to the genus, Lomandra, by Alma Theodora Lee.{{APNI2|id=77118 |name=Lomandra laxa (R.Br.) A.T.Lee}}Lee, A.T. (1962), Notes on Lomandra in New South Wales. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 3(3): 153