Flora of Victoria

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.

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 semibarbata 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 semibarbata (R.Br.) S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Synonyms

Stipa semibarbata R.Br.

Victoria

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

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Western Australia
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania