It's high summer here in southern New South Wales, and the grandfather's beard is in seed. By winter, the grandfather's beard will turn grey. Like an old salt's face-growth, grandfather's beard is tougher than steel.
Caustis flexuosa, Family:
Cyperaceae. A type of sedge that grows in clumps up to the waist height of a smallish woman. Often seen near
'drumsticks'.
2 comments:
Pretty plant plant... something William Morris might have thought up.
Alice
...no idea why I typed "plant" twice.
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