Echidna Grass: Patch

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Grasses & Sedges (Poales)

Family:

Grass (Poaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Echidna Grass (Triodia scariosa)

This Photo:

🔍Patch🔎

Other names:

Porcupine Grass or Spinifex

Thank you Darren Schmitke for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere
Alan Bedggood said "Triodia species are hard to determine without access to the flower spike and, preferably, a couple of individual florets. The size and shape of the three lobes on the floret is diagnostic. The presence or absence of resin on the leaves and sheaths helps"

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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