Common Name

Cottony Speargrass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass to 1m tall. Leaves with a smooth or rough sheath at the base. Ligule a membrane without a fringe of hairs. Leaves to 20cm long, 1-6mm wide, flat, or with the edges curved or rolled inwards, hairless to hairy or rough. Spikelets green, brown or black, 7-12mm long, excluding the awn. Mature seed groups spreading. Seeds with one long awn.

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Austrostipa~drummondii

ausgrass2 description with line drawings: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/austrostipa-drummondii