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| Common
name: Pingao |
Botanical
name: Desmoschoenus spiralis |
| Family: Cyperaceae
(sedges) |
Maximum height: 90cm |
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Where found:
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- Sand dunes, local and uncommon although
now planted in several locations.
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| Description: |
- Older leaves distinctively golden. Stiff and harsh leaves 2-5mm
wide produced on a creeping rhizome.
- Seed heads dense, shorter than the leaves with very small dark
brown smooth and shining nuts.
- Palatable to rabbits, especially when young
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PHOTO: Colin Ogle

PHOTO: Colin Ogle

PHOTO: Colin Ogle
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