Scientific Name: Austrostipa aphylla Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: leafless speargrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Poaceae

Form Description: Tufted perennial. Leaf blades absent or very small at flowering.

Height (m): 0.5 – 1.15

Flowers: Panicle up to 25cm x 3cm. Contracted at maturity and often a tangled mass by entwining awns.

Fruit: Caryopsis

Municipality
Break O’DayCircular HeadDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleySorell
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

To 350m altitude.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method

Seed Information

Germination Time

3-10 weeks