Detail
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Austrostipa stipoides
Coast Spear Grass
Notes

Uses: A native tussock grass useful as a back ground to other strap or grass leaved plants in borders, verges, nature strips and roundabouts. Mass planted a particularly useful soil or sand binding plant for coastal reserves and parks.
Seed source for native birds. Caterpillar food plant for native butterfly species.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.


:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 0.8-1m
  • Spread 0.8-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Gramineae
  • Botanical Name Austrostipa stipoides
  • Common Name Coast Spear Grass
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, Tas
  • Habit Clumping, Dense
  • Landscape 2nd line coast, Coast, Coastal cliffs, Coastal footslopes, Plains
  • Soil Texture Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost, Soil salinity, Salt spray
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour White
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Grass panicle
  • Purpose Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region