Poa hothamensis var. hothamensis
Ledge-grassPlants rhizomatous or tufted. Leaves smooth to minutely scabrous or scabrous-pubescent; sheath minutely pubescent to glabrous; blade with the lower surface usually short-pubescent, rarely quite glabrous, the inner surface very sparsely to moderately pubescent with fine hairs to c. 0.5 mm long. Inflorescence frequently somewhat contracted, mostly to c. 12 cm long and 6 cm wide. Spikelets 2–6-flowered, 4–8 mm long, commonly purplish; glumes 3-nerved, 2–3 mm long, the upper slightly longer than lower; lemma 2.5–4 mm long. Flowers Dec.–Feb.
HSF, HNF, VAlp. Endemic in Victoria. Locally common to dominant in alpine and subalpine shrublands, Eucalyptus pauciflora woodland, and E. delegatensis open-forests, particularly in sheltered, rocky areas above c. 1200 m. Apparently absent from the Baw Baws.
Plants in exposed, high-altitude sites may be barely rhizomatous and have leaves which are smooth and quite glabrous on the outer surface.
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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