Common Name

Graceful Speargrass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass to 1.5m tall. Leaves with a hairy to hairless sheath at the base. Ligule a membrane without a fringe of hairs. Leaves to 50cm long, 3-10mm wide, hairless to slightly rough, the lower leaves flat, the upper leaves with the edges rolled inwards. Spikelets with a violet tinge, becoming pale, 6-10mm long, excluding the awn. Mature seed groups spreading. Seeds with 1 long awn.

Description (as Stipa acrociliata) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 142

PlantNET description with line drawings and photo of dried plant: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Austrostipa~acrociliata

ausgrass2 description with line drawing: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/austrostipa-acrociliata

FloraBase photos: http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/photo/17231