Flora of Victoria

Lower glume usually narrowly truncate; upper glume membranous at the tip, 9–12.5 mm long; lemma 5–10 mm long, the hairs not extending to the apex; callus 1.5–2.5 mm long, usually more than 20% the length of the lemma; awn less than 65 mm long, column 20–25 mm long. Flowers mostly Nov.–Jan.

CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, OtP, OtR, Strz, VRiv, VVP, Wim. Also Qld, NSW. Common at low to moderate altitudes in the eastern part of the State, but uncommon west of Melbourne, occurring in woodland and open-forest on sandy or sandstone-derived soils.

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 rudis subsp. rudis).

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2017-11-16

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Poaceae

genus Austrostipa

species Austrostipa rudis (Spreng.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Higher taxa

subspecies Austrostipa rudis subsp. rudis

Synonyms

Victoria

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

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Victorian Riverina	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
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
Monaro Tablelands	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Queensland
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania