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
