Hendon Primary School Kaurna Garden

Old Man's Beard

 

 

• This plant’s roots were pounded and eaten by the Kaurna people and they also used the stems to bind spear shafts.

• It was once common in drier woodland areas.

• Flowers appear in winter through to spring.

• The fluffy seed pods were used by birds to line nests and the seed pods make it look like an Old Man’s Beard.