Spinifex longifolius
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S. longifolius
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Spinifex longifolius, commonly known as beach spinifex, is a perennial grass that grows in sandy regions along the seacoast.
Description
It grows as a tussock from 30 centimetres to a metre high, and up to two metres wide. It has long flat leaves, and green or brown flowers.[2]
It is similar in appearance to S. littoreus, but that species has hard, sharp leaves capable of drawing blood, whereas the leaves of S. longifolius are a good deal softer.[3]
Taxonomy
It was first published by Robert Brown in his 1810 Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[4]
Distribution and habitat
It occurs on coastal dunes of white sand, in Australia, Indonesia, and Thailand.[1][5] In Australia, it occurs from Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia, north and east to the western edge of Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Further reading
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