Scientific Name: Capillipedium spicigerum

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  • Common Name:
    Scented-top Grass
  • Type:
    Herb , grass - robust tufted perennial
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Open purplish panicle. Individual short racemes on slender secondary branches.
  • Species List:
    Grass book, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Batianoff, TAFE, Botany 07, Cranks Creek, Lake Cooroibah
Cultural Notes

Seedhead gives off pleasant scent when crushed.||

Identification Notes

Racemes 3-8 jointed. Racemes composed of 3-8 spikelet pairs. ||Nodes usually bearded with a rim of short reddish hairs. ||

Landscaping Notes

Attractive tufted grass with landscaping potential||