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Gardening enthusiasts, what plant is that?
I would like to know the name of a plant that grows near my house. I'm in the Sunshine Coast, Australia. I've seen in Brisbane as well. It has grass-like leaves (which I think are tubular rather than flat) and has purple flowers. It has a very distinctive smell – I can smell it before seeing it. I do not think the smell of the flower, not a perfume as such. Its more like a smell of strong blade. Any ideas? I send a picture, but I am unable of the time.
Use these pages to obtain the terms needed to describe the plant's description of his narows down to about 5000 plants lol. http://www.northernontarioflora.ca/terminology.cfm or you can go to pages with childcare for the area to seek their stock photos and try to google your area, Sunshine Coast, Australia and native plants. then look at the pages that are presented to the pictures or try the Google images search with the same terms. from the top of my head, I'd say look bromilliads http://members.ozemail.com.au/ ~ bromagic / ginger and heliconia in the least that can help describe also References to the height it is.
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