Australian Salt-Grass

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Distichlis distichophylla

Spreading long-creeping rhizomatous grass with leaves to 4 mm and a sharp tip. Green to staw-coloured flowerheads are almost cereal-like in appearance.

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Distinctive Features

Characteristic rigid leaves that have an unusual arrangement of being alternate in two rows on opposite sides of the stem (distichous).

Biology

Perennial. Saline soils. Full sun.

Native Status
Native
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Distichlis
Species
distichophylla

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Useful plant for soil stabilization, especially in coastal or saline situations.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native