Austrostipa pubescens
Austrostipa pubescens, the spear grass, grows in heathland and sandy areas in eastern Australia.
It grows in the form of a tufted bunchgrass, and may reach a height of. The specific epithet pubescens translates to "softly hairy".
It first appeared in scientific literature in 1810 as Stipa pubescens in the Prodromus [Florae Novae Hollandiae], authored by the prolific Scottish botanist, Robert [Brown (botanist, born 1773)|Robert Brown].