Flowers and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Seed heads. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Seeds. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Plant. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Flowering plant. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Long Greybeard Grass; Greybeard Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass 20-60cm tall.  Leaves with a hairy sheath at the base.  Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves 8-30cm long, 2-3mm wide, rolled, hairless to rough, with a stiff point.  Spikelets brown, 6-10mm long.  Mature seed groups cylindrical. Seeds with 5 short awns.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 54

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Amphipogon~caricinus~var.+caricinus

ausgrass2 description, photos, and line drawings:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/amphipogon-caricinus