About Cordyline congesta (Sweet) Steud.
Cordyline congesta, commonly known as the narrow-leaved palm lily, is an evergreen Australian plant. It is a rare shrub that reaches up to 3 meters (9 feet 10 inches) in height. It has been found growing on rainforest margins, in riverine scrub, and in moist gullies within eucalyptus forests. Its range extends northward starting from the Clarence River, New South Wales. Its leaves are long and thin, with a lanceolate shape. They can grow up to 65 centimetres (2 ft 2 in) long and 4 centimetres (1.6 in) wide, and have stiff marginal teeth near the leaf base. The leaf stem can be up to 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. Small white to mauve flowers grow in panicles, and flowering occurs between September and October. The fruit is an orange-red berry 10–15 millimetres (0.39–0.59 in) in diameter, which ripens between December and March. This species propagates easily from seeds, suckers, or stem cuttings. It resembles Cordyline stricta and Cordyline rubra, but C. congesta can be distinguished by its jagged, fringed, or scalloped leaf margins, especially near the leaf base.
