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Austrostipa crinita is a tufted perennial grass from coastal midwest Western Australia, growing 40 to 70 cm tall on sand and limestone. It is a native bunchgrass, mainly of interest for natural or coastal planting in its home climate.
Austrostipa crinita is a species of grass that grows in coastal parts of midwest Western Australia.
It occurs on sand and limestone in coastal areas of midwest Western Australia, including offshore islands such as those of the Houtman Abrolhos.
Austrostipa compressa · Foxtail Spear Grass · Elegant Spear Grass · Coast Spear-grass · Half Bearded Spear Grass · Supple Spear-grass · Austrostipa multispiculis · Austrostipa nodosa · Fine Hairy Spear Grass · Spear Grass · Stout Bamboo Grass · Rough Speargrass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Austrostipa crinita by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
