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Image Credit:Jenny Jonkka – with permission
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Image Credit: Jenny Jonkka – with permission
Scientific Name: Austrostipa stipoides
Common Name: coast speargrass
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Poaceae
Form Description: Tufted perennial. Leaf blades tightly in rolled, stiff, smooth, shiny, sharply pointed tips.
Flowers: Whitish yellow inflorescence up to 22cm long.
Fruit: Caryopsis
Municipality
Plant Communities
Habitat Notes
All coasts.
Site Tolerance
Dry, Exposed, Moist, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Loam, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained
Frost Tolerance
Tender
Propagation Calendar
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Flowering Month
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Seed Collecting Month
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Sowing Month
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Cutting Month
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Harvest by cutting flowerheads and rubbing.
Seed Treatment Method
Storage Stratification at 3-5°C for up to 3 months may improve results. Place seed in a damp medium, lightly covered. Put moist seeds in a plastic bag and store in the fridge.
Seed Storage Life
5 years at room temp.
Seed Treatment Notes
After ripening period of unknown length. Germinates best in cool autumn. May respond to smoke. Sow at twice depth of seed diameter.
Germination Time
3-10 weeks