Scientific Name: Caustis blakei

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  • Pronunciation:
    COS-tis BLAKE-ee-eye
  • Common Name:
    Foxtails, Curleywigs, Koala Fern.
  • Derivation:
    Caustis: Gr. caustos - burnt, scorched (refers to sheathing bases)
  • Type:
    Sedge. Rhizomatous.
  • Family:
    CYPERACEAE
  • Flowers:
    spikelets 6-7 mm long
  • Fruit:
    nuts
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland, well-drained wallum heathland. Sunny parts of rainforest. Dry sandy soils near coast.
  • Species List:
    NLTalks2010, Coolum High, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, SRR NNP, SRR, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Fraser Island, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Upper Yandina Creek, TAFE, NNP Tanglewood, Noosa River NP, NNS,
Identification Notes

Tall sedge, damp woodlands. ||Two stems - fertile & sterile. ||Mature branchlets straight.||||**Identifying features - Caustis sp**|Culms: Rounded, rigid, erect and many noded.|Inflorescence: As long, or longer, than culms; |Infloresence: panicle of spikelets, 1-2 flowers.|Involucral bracts|Leaves: Reduced to brown sheathing scales.||

Landscaping Notes

Attractive clumping plant.||Feature foliage||Difficult to propagate||