Scientific Name: Austrostipa pubinodis

Common Name: tall speargrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Poaceae

Form Description: Tufted perennial

Flowers: Red-brown

Fruit: Caryopsis

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationGrasslandSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Predominantly east coast, open grasslands and sedgelands and under light forest cover; also north-east, north-west, Midlands, kunanyi/Mt. Wellington, sand dunes on the west coast.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Loam, 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