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Spinifex is a genus of perennial coastal plants in the grass family. [2] [3] [4] [5]They are one of the most common plants that grow in sand dunes along the coasts of Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, with the ranges of some species extending north and west along the coasts of Asia as far as India and Japan. [6]
Triodia scintillans, the sparkling spinifex, or salt and vinegar chips spinifex [2] is a species of grass in the genus Triodia. It tastes like salt and vinegar potato chips . [ 1 ] [ 3 ]
Triodia scariosa with inflorescence in Hattah-Kulkyne NP, Vic. Nov 2022. Following heavy rain. T. scariosa spikelet of flowerhead Triodia scariosa occurs throughout semi-arid and arid regions of mainland Australia south of ~24 o latitude (excludes Northern Territory and Tasmania) and mostly within a mean annual rainfall of 200-400mm.
Triodia is a large genus of hummock grass endemic to Australia. The species of this genus are known by the common name spinifex , although they are not a part of the coastal genus Spinifex . [ 1 ] Many soft-leaved Triodia species were formerly included in the genus Plectrachne . [ 3 ]
Spinifex grass is a name which has been applied to two genera of grasses: Spinifex (coastal grass) , a genus of grass which is indigenous to the coastal areas of Australasia and Indonesia Triodia (plant) , a hummock grass of arid Australia, covering twenty percent of the Australian continent (although not in the genus Spinifex , it is the grass ...
Its diet comprises a variety of insects and seeds collected in "spinifex" or Triodia grass. This species flies weakly, with its tail drooping. It tends to be solitary and sedentary. The breeding season of the spinifexbird stretches from August to November.
Spinifex sericeus has branched stolons and rhizomes extending up to 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft). The leaves have a ligule of a rim of dense hairs; the blades are flat and densely silky. [1] The male inflorescence is an orange-brown terminal cluster of spiky racemes subtended by silky bracts.
Triodia basedowii, commonly known as lobed spinifex, is a species of tussock-forming grass-like plant found in Australia. It occurs on sandy plains and small hills and dunes of bare red sand. Green to purple flowers are displayed from long scapes at any time of the year, emerging from the short and dense foliage growing no more than 1.3 meters ...