Common Name

Half-bearded Spear Grass

Family

Poaceae

Notes

Perennial grass to 1m tall. Leaves with a smooth or rough sheath at the base. Ligule a membrane with a fringe of hairs. Leaves to 20cm long, 1-3mm wide, rolled or the edges rolled inwards, rough to sparsely hairy. Spikelets 12-17mm long. Mature seed groups cylindrical. Seeds with one long awn. Rare Vic.

eFloraSA description (as Stipa hemipogon): http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Stipa_hemipogon

ausgrass2 description and line drawings: http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/austrostipa-hemipogon