Telopea 6: 588 (1996) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Tufted perennial, culms erect, to 90 cm high, nodes pubescent. Leaves usually glabrous, sometimes scabrous, rarely pubescent; blade inrolled to involute, to 30 cm long and 3 mm broad; ligule ciliate 0.5–2 mm long. Inflorescence a loosely contracted panicle to 20(–30) cm long. Glumes 20–27 mm long, purplish or green, soon becoming straw-coloured, acuminate, sub-equal; lemma 9–13 mm long, reddish brown to almost black at maturity, finely granular, with semi-appressed white to yellowish hairs except toward apex; callus 2.5–3.5 mm long; awn twice bent, 60–110 mm long, 18–30 mm to the first bend, column evenly pubescent with hairs 0.3–1.2 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, MuM, NIS, OtP, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Also WA, SA, NSW, Tas. Occurring in dry woodland, grassland, particularly of the volcanic plain, and coastal heathland.
Occasional specimens appear intermediate between Austrostipa semibarbata and A. mollis, but careful examination usually allows satisfactory separation of the species.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | 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 |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
New South Wales |
Victoria |
Tasmania |