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Austrostipa variabilis

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Cape Prov., SW. & S. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Austrostipa variabilis is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that grows in southern parts of Australia.

Where it grows

Austrostipa variabilis is native to southern Australia. It is most common in the Southwest Botanical Province of Western Australia, but specimens have been recorded east across the nullarbor, and even beyond Adelaide, South Australia. It is also native to South Africa. It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you.

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 · Spear Grass · Stout Bamboo Grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Austrostipa variabilis 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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