Common Name
Erect Kerosene Grass, Kerosene Grass, Tall Kerosene Grass, White Grass, Large Silver Grass
Family
Poaceae
Notes
Annual or perennial grass 20cm-1.3m tall. Leaves with a hairless or rough sheath at the base. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves 10-25cm long, 1-4mm wide, threadlike, linear, rolled, flat, or folded lengthwise, hairless, or rough on the upper surface, . Spikelets purplish to straw-coloured, 12-25mm long, grain 4-8mm long. Mature seed groups cylindrical. Seeds with 3 awns. Vulnerable Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Aristida~holathera~var.+holathera
ausgrass2 description (notes): http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/aristida-holathera
ausgrass2 photos and line drawing: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/aristida-holathera-var-holathera
FloraBase photos: http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/photo/12063