Aristida behriana is a native Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n species of grass, commonly known as Bunch Wire Grass or Brush Wire Grass. It is a bright-green, perennial plant forming short, tufted tussock

Tussock

Tussock most often refers to a small hillock of grassy, or grass-like plant growth, but may also refer to Plants and ecology, Insects.- Plants and ecology :*Tussock *New Zealand tussock grasslands*Serrated Tussock...

s up to 40 centimetres (16 in) high. Its seeds have three long, radiating awns leading to an occasional name of three-awn grass. The species favours low fertility and well-drained soils. It is commonly found in mallee

Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands

Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands is a Major Vegetation Group which occurs in semi-arid areas of southern Australia. The vegetation is dominated by mallee eucalypts which are rarely over 6 metres high...

 woodlands and plains, and growing on sunny slopes. Superficially the flower heads resemble those of the invasive weed, African Feather-grass (Pennisetum villosum

Pennisetum villosum

Pennisetum villosum is a species of grass known by the common name feathertop grass. It is native to northeastern Africa and parts of the Arabian Peninsula, and it is grown elsewhere as an ornamental plant. It can sometimes be found growing wild where it has escaped cultivation...

). A. behriana is found in all mainland Australian States.