Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Austrostipa rudis ssp. rudis 2 synonyms: Stipa nervosa, Stipa rudis |
| Common Name: | veined spear grass |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Grass, Grass Like / Strappy, Bird Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Dry, Moist |
| Size (HxW): | to 40 cm (stems to 1.3 m) x 50 cm - 80 cm |
| Foliage: | Rough, sometimes downy, flat, folded or inrolled leaves to 40 cm x 5 mm. |
| Flowers: | Purple or green, becoming straw-coloured November to February. Loose flowerhead to 50 cm. Base of bracts below each floret straight, tip membranous, toothed. Floral bract to 10 mm, brown, rough, flat white to tawny hairs on lower half, tuft prominent; bristle twice bent, 3-6 cm, column twisted, 20-25 mm long. |
| General Comments: | Spreading tufted perennial grass. Drift through trees or use as accent plants in garden beds. Tip of florets can be sharp, penetrating skin of people & pets. Frost tolerant. Birds like the seeds. |
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