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Austrostipa hemipogon
Austrostipa hemipogon is a tufted perennial grass native to southern Australia, grown mainly for native and dryland plantings. It needs full sun and well-drained soil, and tolerates dry conditions once established.
Austrostipa hemipogon is a tufted, perennial grass (a member of the family Poaceae. It is native to Australia, and found in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, and Tasmania.
It was first described as Stipa hemipogon by George Bentham in 1878 from a specimen collected in Western Australia by James Drummond and in 1996 was transferred to the genus, Austrostipa, by Surrey Jacobs and Joy Everett.
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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.
