Weeping Spinifex

Alice Springs Desert Park

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The Weeping Spinifex (Triodia brizoides) is is a compact tussock grass with leaves that grow to approximately 50 cm high with a sharply pointed tip. The T. brizoides are usually blue-green in colour when actively growing. The flower / seed heads arise out of the foliage to about 90 cm. The seed head is loose and open with straw coloured seeds that usually weeps or droops to one side.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Charophyta
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Superorder: Lilianae
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Triodia
Species: Triodia brizoides

Footnote & References

Triodia brizoides N.T.Burb., Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2902109
Weeping Spinifex, Alice Springs Desert Park, https://alicespringsdesertpark.com.au/connect-with-nature/plants/plants/weeping-spinifex

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