Botanical name

Thinopyrum distichum

Family

Poaceae

Common Name

Sea Wheat

Synonym (old name)

Agropyron distichum
Thinopyrum distichum *
Thinopyrum distichum *
Thinopyrum distichum *
Thinopyrum distichum *
Thinopyrum distichum *
Thinopyrum distichum *

Description

Hard robust perennial up to 80cm with strong, thick, creeping rhizomes. Leaves are linear, rolled, pungent. Spikelets in a distichous spike.

Habitat

Coastal dunes

Flower Date

October to January