Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Crested Spear-grass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Austrostipa setacea
- Austrostipa semibarbata
- Austrostipa aristiglumis
- Austrostipa flavescens
- Austrostipa nodosa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Austrostipa
- Species
- Austrostipa blackii
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