Perennial herb with a shortly creeping rhizome. Stems 0.5-1.5 m tall with whorled and branched finely divided plume-like lateral branches. Sheaths 1.5-3 cm long. Spikelets few to several hundred on short inflorescence stalks in a loose terminal cluster. Sexes on different plants. Male spikelets roundish. Female spikelets ovate to elliptic. [Restio tetraphyllus Labill.]

South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania

Grows naturally in coastal swampy sand and on river banks.

Sometimes used as a foil in flower arrangements.

Grown in gardens around pools and in wet places.

Source: Spencer, R. (2005). Restionaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.