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Common Wheatgrass

Anthosachne scabra

Also called Australian Couch, Blue Wheat Grass

Common Wheatgrass
Photo: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Anthosachne scabra is a species of true grass of the tribe Triticeae. This species is found in New Zealand and Australia.

Where it grows

A. scabra is endemic to Australia, and is found in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales, and Western Australia.

Other Anthosachne plants

Blue Wheat Grass · Dryland Blue Grass · Blue Grass · Anthosachne sacandros · Blue Wheatgrass · Blue Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthosachne scabra by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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