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Plant Use Details 

 
Spinifex sericeus.
FAMILY: Poaceae
BOTANICAL NAME: Spinifex sericeus
PREVIOUS NAMES: Spinifex hirsutus
 MĀORI NAME: kōwhangatara, raumoa (Colenso 1882), turikākoa - all in Williams 1971; wawatai (Beever 1991)
Seedhead: puarere (Tregear - recorded in Beever 1991). Williams records as general term for seedheads of thistles, raupō, etc.
COMMON NAME: silvery sand grass; spinifex
 RECORD NUMBER: 1535