Seeds attached to stems. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Seeding stem. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Seeding stems. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Plant. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Knotty Speargrass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass 50-140cm tall.  Leaves with a hairless to rough sheath at the base. Ligule a membrane without a fringe of hairs. Leaves flat or the edges rolled inwards, 15-30cm long, 1-3mm wide, rough, the margins hairy or smooth.  Spikelets 10-15mm 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~nodosa

ausgrass2 description, photo, and line drawing:  http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/austrostipa-nodosa