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Spear Grass

Austrostipa pubescens

Spear Grass
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Austrostipa pubescens, the spear grass, grows in heathland and sandy areas in eastern Australia.

It grows in the form of a tufted bunchgrass, and may reach a height of 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). The specific epithet pubescens translates to "softly hairy".

Other Austrostipa plants

Austrostipa compressa · Austrostipa crinita · Foxtail Spear Grass · Elegant Spear Grass · Coast Spear-grass · Half Bearded Spear Grass · Supple Spear-grass · Austrostipa multispiculis · Austrostipa nodosa · Fine Hairy Spear Grass · Stout Bamboo Grass · Rough Speargrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Austrostipa pubescens 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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