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Scientific Name

Spinifex sericeus

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Spinifex

Status

Height

30cm

Flowers

Separate male and female plants. Female flower head 30cm long, breaks from plant when mature.

Fruit

Grains

Form

Creeping perennial grass covered with silky hairs

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Circular Head; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Sorell; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Coastal and estuarine sands on King Island, the Furneaux Group, North West, North East and East Coast.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Propagated from seed. Cover seed trays or sow seed fairly deeply, as it will not germinate in the presence of light. Useful for binding sand dunes. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Jun

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

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Apr

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Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Contained in large, roundish seedheads. Collect whole seedhead from mid-Nov. to early May. Spinifex are variable in seed set.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes