Scientific Name: Dichelanchne crinita

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  • Common Name:
    Longhair Plumegrass
  • Type:
    grass , perennial
  • Family:
    POACEAE
  • Vegetation Type:
    eucalypt woodland on sandy soils
Comments

This specimen found on North Stradbroke Island

Identification Notes

Sparsely tufted, perennial grass with erect, unbranched, hairless stems. Nodes are hairless. Leaf sheaths and blades are hairless or covered with short hairs. Blades are up to 20 cm long x 3-5 mm wide. Inflorescence is a dense spike-like panicle, 8-20 cm long. The spikelets each have a long, conspicuous curves awn 2-5 cm long.