Detail
Back
Print page Add to list
categories-4
Austrostipa eremophila
Rusty Spear-grass
Notes

Uses: An ornamental tufting perennial for mixed native landscapes, borders, and wider verges. Mass plant for effect.
Food source and habitat for small birds. Caterpillar food plant for native butterfly species.

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

: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 0.4-0.6m
  • Spread 0-0.2m
  • Position
    • position-partshade Part Shade
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Gramineae
  • Botanical Name Austrostipa eremophila
  • Common Name Rusty Spear-grass
  • Origin SA, Vic, NSW, WA,
  • Habit Clumping
  • Landscape Coast, Coastal footslopes, Coastal cliffs, 2nd line coast, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Lime, Moderate frost, Soil salinity, Salt spray
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flower Colour Brown
  • Flowering Time Spring
  • Flower Type Grass panicle
  • Purpose Ornamental, Habitat
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region