SpinifexSoft Spinifex (Triodia pungens) Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)

The Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides) is a tussock grass with leaves that grow to a pointed tip, up to 50 cm in length. An attractive spinifex especially when the flower/seed head grow out of the foliage and are seen blowing gently in the wind. The straw-coloured seed head form a loose open weeping shape, that are often seen droop to one side.

Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)
Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides), Wurre / Rainbow Valley, NT

They are one of the common spinifex seen at Wurre / Rainbow Valley, as well as throughout the MacDonnell Ranges.

Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)
Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)
Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)
Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides), Wurre / Rainbow Valley, NT

Found growing on rocky slopes of the ranges, the heart of the spinifex provide shelter, protection and food for all sorts of creatures.

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Monocots
  • Clade: Commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • Family: Poaceae
  • Subfamily: Chloridoideae
  • Tribe: Cynodonteae
  • Subtribe: Triodiinae
  • Genus: Triodia
  • Species: Triodia brizoides

SpinifexSoft Spinifex (Triodia pungens) Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides)

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