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Wandering Grass

Aristida lignosa

Wandering Grass
Photo: Ruth Palsson, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Aristida lignosa is a species of Poaceae (grass), native to New South Wales and Queensland, in Australia.

It was first described in 1984 by Bryan Kenneth Simon.

Where it grows

Its range extends from central and south-eastern Queensland to northern New South Wales, where it is found in Acacia communities in rocky places.

Other Aristida plants

Aristida acuta · Sixweeks threeawn · Aristida anaclasta · Aristida arida · Forked threeawn · Brush Spear Grass · Bentham's Aristida · California threeawn · Dark Wire Grass · Aristida capillacea · Chase's threeawn · Spreading Prickle Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aristida lignosa 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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