Spinifex sericeus (Special order only)

Botanical Name: Spinifex sericeus

Common Name: Hairy spinifex

Type: Grass  60 cm x 1.5-4 m

Features:

• Long-creeping perennial grass
• Leaves silky hairy, silvery, 20-40 cm long, formed at thickend nodes along the stems
• Male and female flowers on separate plants. Female flowers break off at maturity to form ‘tumbleweed’. Male flowers a rusty spike or raceme
• •Spikelets have a long silky bristle
• Useful for sand dune stabilisation

Requirements:

• Full sun
• Very well-drained sandy soil