Scientific Name: Austrostipa flavescens

Common Name: yellow speargrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Poaceae

Form Description: Tufted or shortly rhizomatous perennial.

Flowers: Spikelets green or purplish. Brownish-yellow, dark brown.

Fruit: Caryopsis

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsCircular HeadClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartKing IslandKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationGrassland
Habitat Notes

Coastal up to 100m, commonly on dunes. North-west, King Island, Furneaux, north-east, east coast, west coast.

Site Tolerance

Exposed

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Tender

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

Seed Information

Seed Storage Life

Long at room temp.

Seed Treatment Notes

Sow at twice depth of seed diameter.

Germination Time

3-10 weeks