Flora of Victoria

Tufted, shortly rhizomatous perennial, culms erect, to 1.3 m high, nodes pubescent. Leaves usually glabrous, sometimes scabrous, rarely pubescent; blade inrolled to involute, to 30 cm long and 1 mm diam., rarely loosely inrolled and to 3 mm broad; ligule ciliate 0.5–2 mm long. Inflorescence an open or loosely contracted panicle to 25 cm long, often appearing one-sided. Glumes 16–29 mm long, purplish or green, acute, the lower 3–7 mm longer than upper; lemma 9.5–13 mm long, brown at maturity, finely granular, with appressed, white to tawny hairs on the lower half; callus 2.5–3.5 mm long; awn twice bent, 55–95 mm long, 25–50 mm to the first bend, column scabrous with hairs less than 0.2 mm long; palea about equal to lemma, glabrous. Flowers Sep.–Nov.

CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, MuF, MuM, OtP, OtR, Strz, VRiv, VVP, WaP, Wim. Also SA, NSW, Tas. Widespread and common throughout the lowlands, mostly near the coast, occurring in woodland, grassland and coastal heathland, usually on sandy or sandstone-derived soils, rarely on basalt.

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 pubinodis Trin. & Rupr.).

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 pubinodis (Trin. & Rupr.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Synonyms

Stipa pubinodis Trin. & Rupr.

Misapplications

Stipa pubescens R.Br. (in J.H. Willis, Handb. Pl. Victoria 1:187 (1970))

Victoria

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

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	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
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania