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Scented Top

Capillipedium spicigerum

Also called Scented Top Grass

Scented Top
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
SE. China, Nansei-shotō to Taiwan, C. Malesia to W. Pacific
Climate
wet tropical

About

Capillipedium spicigerum, commonly known as scented-top grass, is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae that is native to Australia.

Where it grows

Capillipedium spicigerum is found on lower fertility soils of roadsides, native pastures and woodlands of Queensland, New South Wales, and the Northern Territory. C. spicigerum is very drought tolerant and readily grazed.

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Capillipedium

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Capillipedium spicigerum 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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