Flora of Victoria

Tufted perennial, culms erect, to 1.2 m high, nodes pubescent or rarely glabrous. Leaves usually glabrous, sometimes scabrous, rarely pubescent; blade weakly to strongly inrolled, to 30 cm long and 4 mm broad; ligule ciliate 0.3–3 mm long. Inflorescence usually a densely contracted panicle to 30 cm long. Glumes 16–22 mm long, purplish or green, acuminate, subequal; lemma 7.5–9 mm long, pale or reddish brown at maturity, finely granular, with semi-appressed white to golden hairs except toward apex; callus 1.5–3 mm long; awn twice bent, 60–100(–110) mm long, 10–17 mm to the first bend, column plumose with a spiralling line of hairs 0.6–2 mm long; palea about equal to lemma, with a line of hairs down the centre. Flowers Sep.–Dec.

CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, RobP, SnM, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Uncommon on the volcanic plains and absent from high altitudes but otherwise common and widespread; a very frequent component of sandy coastal heathlands, woodlands north of the Dividing Range, and mallee communities.

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 mollis R.Br.).

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2017-11-16

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Poaceae

genus Austrostipa

Higher taxa

species Austrostipa mollis (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Synonyms

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Austrostipa mollis in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Austrostipa mollis 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
Robinvale Plains	present	native
Murray Fans	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Warrnambool 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
Snowy Mountains	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

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