Kingia Australis tea towel

Kingia is a genus comprising the single species, Kingia Australis. When not in flower, the plant resembles the grass trees (Xanthorrhoea preissii), however, the two genera are not closely related at all.

Mature plants can reach 6-8 metres in height and have thick, sometimes branched trunks made up of the old leaf bases. The Nyoongar name for Kingia is bullanock.