Flora of Victoria

Tufted leafy perennial, culms erect, terete, rarely somewhat compressed below the panicle, to 130 cm high. Leaves scabrous; blade variably scabrous on the outer surface, scabrous pubescent on the inner surface; ligule truncate, firmly membranous, c. 0.5 mm long. Inflorescence an open pyramidal panicle, to 25 cm long and 15 cm wide. Spikelets mostly 3–5-flowered, 4–8 mm long, green or purplish; glumes 3-nerved (or the lower occasionally 1-nerved), the upper usually slightly longer than lower, mostly c. three-quarters as long as the lowest lemma; lemma 5-nerved, rather narrow (2.5–)c. 3(–4.5) mm long, usually hairy along the lower part of the keel and lateral nerves, occasionally sparsely hairy on the lower internerves or rarely, entirely glabrous; web usually strongly developed.

Brid, CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, RobP, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim.

2 named varieties are present in Victoria, but the variation contained within the species as currently recognised suggests further entities could be recognised.

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.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2020-11-24

Key to the varieties of Poa labillardierei

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Poales

family Poaceae

genus Poa

Higher taxa

species Poa labillardierei Steud.

Subordinate taxa

variety Poa labillardierei var. acris Vickery

variety Poa labillardierei var. labillardierei

Victoria

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

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Murray Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Glenelg Plain	present	native
Bridgewater	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
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native
Monaro Tablelands	present	native
Highlands-Far East	present	native
Victorian Alps	present	native
Snowy Mountains	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

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