Detail
Back
Print page Add to list
categories-4
Amphipogon caricinus var. caricinus
Long Grey-beard Grass
Notes

Uses: Extremely hardy tufting native grass. Plant singly in mixed plantings or mass plant in verges, median strips and roundabouts as a weed suppressing ground cover and soil erosion control.
Becomes more leafy when cut back.
Prefers well-drained soils.

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

:NW: North Western   
:NU: Nullarbor   
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 0.3-0.6m
  • Spread 0.3-0.6m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Gramineae
  • Botanical Name Amphipogon caricinus var. caricinus
  • Common Name Long Grey-beard Grass
  • Origin SA, WA, Vic, NSW, Qld, NT, ACT
  • Habit Erect, Tufting, Wiry
  • Landscape Coast, 2nd line coast, Coastal footslopes, Plains
  • Soil Texture Gravel, Loam, Sand
  • pH Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Red
  • Flowering Time Spring, Summer
  • Flower Type Panicles
  • Purpose Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region