Australian Lemongrass

Cymbopogon ambiguus, called Australian lemon-scented grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It has fragrant, bluish-green grey leaves and fluffy seed heads, and it is self-fertile. The species was described by the botanist Aimée Antoinette Camus. Infusions and concoctions of the plant have been used in traditional Aboriginal Australian medicine to treat headaches, chest infections and muscle cramps. It has also been proposed as a candidate for rhizoremediation, which means using plant roots and the microbes around them to clean soil contaminated with hydrocarbons. The page gives no further detail on how Aboriginal communities prepare or use the grass, so this entry records only what it states.