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Cymbopogon refractus
“Barb Wire Grass”

GRASS TO 1.5 METRES TALLPerennial tussock forming grass with arching foliage which is lemon scented when crushed, soft flowerheads resemble barbed wire. Provides shelter to wildlife & host to Evening Brown Butterfly Not highly palatable to life stock. Hardy.

Suitability
CategoryGrass
FamilyPoaceae
AspectFull Shade / Filtered Sun
SoilAdaptable
HabitatGrasslands
Features
Butterfly Plants, Rockery Plants, Shade Tolerant Plants
Localities
Annerley, Anstead, Archerfield, Ashgrove, Beaudesert Shire, Bellbowrie, Bowen Hills, Buranda, Burbank, Cannon Hill, Carindale, Chandler, Chermside West, Coopers Plains, Dutton Park, Enoggera Catchment, Enoggera Ck Corridor, Fortitude Valley, Gordon Park, Gumdale, Hemmant, Ipswich area, Jamboree Heights, Kangaroo Point, Logan City, Lutwyche, MacKenzie, Mansfield, McDowall, Middle Park, Moggill, Moorooka, Mt Gravatt East, Mt Ommaney, Murarrie, New Farm, Pine Rivers, Priestdale, Queensport, Ransome, River Hills, Rocklea, Salisbury, Seventeen Mile Rocks, South Stradbroke Island, Spring Hill, Stafford Heights, Sumner, Sunshine Coast district, Teneriffe, Tingalpa, Trinder Park, Wakerley, Wilston, Wynnum West, Yeerongpilly, Yeronga

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