Where found:

• Coastal - sand dunes

• An important indigenous sand binding grass
  
• A stem which runs along the ground with shoots along it (stoloniferous), often forms colonies 80-160 metres long
  
• Much branched, knotted, rope-like, hard, creeping flower stalks
  
• Silky-hairy leaves 300 mm x 1.5 mm, silvery green in colour
  
• Tiny white flowers - male and female plants separate (dioecious)
  
• On female plants, the seed heads are spiky balls often seen blowing along the beach in February/March
  
• Preferred plant for foredune restoration in New Plymouth