Flora of Victoria

Tufted perennial, culms erect, to 60 cm high, nodes apparent, glabrous, scabrous or shortly pubescent. Leaves smooth, scabrous or shortly pubescent; blade strongly folded to involute, to 30 cm long, to 1 mm diam.; ligule ciliate, 0.5–1.5 mm long. Inflorescence a panicle to 30 cm long, the base occasionally concealed by uppermost leaf-sheath. Glumes 8–15 mm long, usually purplish initially, soon becoming straw-coloured, acuminate or acute, subequal or the lower up to 4 mm longer than upper; lemma 4.5–6.5 mm long, golden brown at maturity, smooth, with moderately dense short white hairs; callus 1–3 mm long; awn falcate, 40–70 mm long, the straight part 5–8 mm long, scabrous; palea slightly shorter than lemma, with a sparse line of hairs down the centre.

CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, MSB, NIS, OtP, RobP, VRiv, VVP, WPro, Wim.

Two subspecies are recognized; however, intermediate specimens are occasionally encountered and also (rarely) populations of both subspecies within the same vicinity may occur.

Source: Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne (as Stipa scabra Lindl.).

Key to the subspecies of Austrostipa scabra

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Poaceae

genus Austrostipa

Higher taxa

species Austrostipa scabra (Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Subordinate taxa

subspecies Austrostipa scabra subsp. falcata (Hughes) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

subspecies Austrostipa scabra subsp. scabra

Synonyms

Stipa scabra Lindl.

Misapplications

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Austrostipa scabra in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Austrostipa scabra in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	present	native
Murray Scroll Belt	present	native
Robinvale Plains	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
Northern Inland Slopes	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Monaro Tablelands	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
Northern Territory
South Australia
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania