Echinopogon is a genus of grasses native to Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, and New Zealand.Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure V (5) line drawing of Echinopogon ovatus; figure captions in French on caption page 7 They are known commonly as hedgehog grasses.
They are perennial grasses with bristly panicles.Echinopogon. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Echinopogon caespitosus - bushy hedgehog grass, tufted hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria Echinopogon cheelii - longflower hedgehog grass - New South Wales, Victoria Echinopogon intermedius - erect hedgehog grass - Queensland, New South Wales Echinopogon mckiei - New South Wales Echinopogon nutans - Queensland, New South Wales, New Guinea Echinopogon ovatus - forest hedgehog grass - New Guinea, Australia (all 6 states plus Norfolk Island), Lesser Sunda Islands, New Zealand (North + South + Chatham Islands) Echinopogon phleoides - Northern Tablelands of New South Wales
formerly included see Calamagrostis Echinopogon gunnianus - Calamagrostis gunniana
References
External links Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora