Common Name

No. 9 Wiregrass; Jericho Wiregrass; Feathertop Threeawn

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass 30-90cm tall. Leaves with a hairless sheath at the base. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves 10-25cm long, 1-2mm wide, flat, folded together lengthwise, rolled, or the edges rolled inwards, bristly on the upper surface, more or less hairless on the lower surface, with a long point. Spikelets yellowish or purplish brown, 5-9mm long. Seeds with three long awns. Mature seed groups cylindrical. Endangered Vic. Threatened list Vic.

Description and photo of seeding plant in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 57

PlantNET description with line drawings: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Aristida~jerichoensis

ausgrass2 description and line drawing: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/aristida-jerichoensis-0 Seed on the right in the line drawing in this article is of Aristida jerichoensis var. subspinulifera (text not transferred from the CD Ausgrass to ausgrass2)