[1][9] Lomandra multiflora grows chiefly in woodland and open forest on a variety of soils.

[5][8][4] The flat smooth leaves grow vertically and are rounded at the apex, often slightly concave or convex, around 2.5 to 4 cm wide.

The margins of the leaf are brown, dry and membranous in texture which is slightly rough to the touch.

[5] During spring, the flowers show a creamy yellow colour which are arranged in clusters around the base of the leaves.

The flowers grow in dense clusters on branch or unbranched spikes often 25–75 cm with spiky white bracts.

They are all robust plants forming tussocks with rounded to obtuse leaves without teeth and male flowers that from clusters that branch in whorls.

& Solander, D.C (1905), Illustrations of Australian plants collected in 1770 during Captain Cooks voyage round the world 3.

typicum Domin, which was published in Brown, R. (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characters plantarum quas annis 1802-1805.

Subspecies multiflora can be found naturally in Southern Papua New Guinea, Western Melbourne, and the North Eastern tip of Northern Territory.

[19][5] Lomandra multiflora grows chiefly in woodland and open forest on a variety of soils, widespread in mainly the drier areas of the regions.

[11][10] The mat-rush grows on the substrates: clay soils on shale, basalt, metamorphics and occasionally on sandstone, low to medium nutrients and well drained.

[10] Lomandra multiflora’s optimal conditions for cultivation includes well drained soils grown in a range of climates, full sun, or semi-shade.

[20] Historically, Indigenous people used the long leaves of Lomandra multiflora for basket making and other forms of weaving, as well as the plant’s nectar as a food.

[21][1] Lomandra multiflora is a fire-retardant plant, meaning it does not catch on fire easily and resprouts from the base if burnt.

[23][1] Alternatively, Lomandra multiflora can also be propagated by dividing existing clumps, known as root ball division.