Heteropogon contortus

Botanical Description

Black spear grass is a clump-forming, perennial grass producing a clump of leaves up to 30cm long and flowering stems 30 - 100cm tall. The plant has often been grown as a pasture grass, and is also utilized as a material for thatching and weaving[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. It has been grown to provide erosion control, but has escaped from cultivation and become a noxious weed.