Austrostipa scabra
(Lindl.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.EverettTufted 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.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, MonT, VAlp.
Two subspecies are recognized; however, intermediate specimens are occasionally encountered and also (rarely) populations of both subspecies within the same vicinity may occur.
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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