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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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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Seed Collecting Months
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Feb
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Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Sowing Months
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Nov
Dec
Cutting Months
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Feb
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Apr
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Jun
Jul
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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
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