Spinifex sericeus
Common Name:
Hairy Spinifex
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Wannon, Otway Plain, Otway Range, Gippsland Plain, Wilsons Promontory, East Gippsland (EKNPTWXZ) also SA, Qld, NSW, Tas
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Sand dunes
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Flower Description:
Flowers without petals and surrounded by a scale/bract
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Habit:
Long-creeping perennial grass with culms to 60 cm high
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
The female inflorescence is spherical and to 25 cm in diameter, it breaks free at maturity and rolls across the sand
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Conservation status:
Not threatened
References:
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Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria