Triodia | |
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Triodia pungens (green) and Triodia basedowii (blue-grey) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Monocots |
(unranked): | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Triodia |
Species: | T. pungens |
Binomial name | |
Triodia pungens R.Br. |
Triodia pungens, commonly known as soft spinifex, is a species of grass native to northwestern Australia.
Originally described by botanist Robert Brown in his 1810 work Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae,Triodia pungens still bears its original binomial name.