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Cortaderia is derived from the Argentine Spanish name 'cortadera', meaning 'cutter', in reference to its razor sharp leaf margins. [3]Selloana is named for Friedrich Sellow (1789–1831), a German botanist [3] and naturalist [citation needed] from Potsdam who worked as a plant collector in Brazil. [3]
This pampas grass, Cortaderia jubata, has long, thin, razor-edged leaves forming a large bunch grass tussock from which the eye-catching inflorescences arise. At the top of a stem several meters in height is an inflorescence of plumelike spikelets. These panicles are pink or purplish when new and they gradually turn cream or white. Each ...
Cutting grass in southern Tasmania. Gahnia grandis originated in southern Australia. About 40 species are found in Australia, Asia, and the Pacific Islands. [6] The species is found particularly in Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, and Victoria, [7] where it is native to areas such as the Gippsland plain, Wilsons Promontory, and Highlands-Southern Fall bioregions.
Cortaderia species are perennial grasses, characterised by robust culms and feathery inflorescent plumes held high above the foliage.Some species are relatively short, forming rounded hedgehog-like clumps less than 0.5 m tall, but many species, including Cortaderia selloana and Cortaderia jubata form wide tussocks, up to 4 m tall.
Imperata cylindrica (commonly known as cogongrass / k oʊ ˈ ɡ oʊ n / or kunai grass / ˈ k uː n aɪ / [1] [3]) is a species of perennial rhizomatous grass native to tropical and subtropical Asia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, Africa, and Southern Europe. It has also been introduced to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Southeastern ...
Paspalum vaginatum is a species of grass known by many names, including seashore paspalum, biscuit grass, saltwater couch, silt grass, and swamp couch. [1] It is native to the Americas, where it grows in tropical and subtropical regions. [ 2 ]
Cladium (fen-sedge, sawgrass or twig-sedge) is a genus of large sedges, with a nearly worldwide distribution in tropical and temperate regions.These are plants characterized by long, narrow (grass-like) leaves having sharp, often serrated (sawtooth-like) margins, and flowering stems 1–3 m tall bearing a much-branched inflorescence.
Soliva sessilis, one of up to nine species of the genus Soliva, is a low-growing herbaceous annual plant.Its common names include field burrweed, [2] Onehunga-weed, [3] lawn burrweed, lawnweed, jo-jo weed [4] and common soliva.