Scientific Name: Lachnagrostis filiformis

Common Name: common blowngrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Poaceae

Form Description: Annual, occasionally perennial, grass with flat or folded leaves, finely tapering and with large, intricate panicles.

Flowers: Loose panicle with spreading branches. Spikelets touch each other – only occurs in lachnogrostis.

Fruit: Caryopsis

Municipality
No data available for this species
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationCoastal VegetationGrassland
Habitat Notes

Occasional in grassy vegetation in the eastern mountains. Widespread in a variety of usually damp situations from sea level to about 1200m. Plants from coastal sands and from highland situations are often less than 15cm high.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Windy

Soil Tolerance

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

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

Propagation Calendar

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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed heads are open and branched and contain numerous small seeds. Harvest by cutting stalks with secateurs. If seed drops from seed head when head is gently rubbed between fingers, the seed is ripe. Sieve to clean.

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. , Surface Sow Sow seed finely on the surface of the potting mix and cover with just enough mix to hold the seed on the surface when watered.

Seed Storage Life

2-3 years

Seed Treatment Notes

Seed has a 2-3 month after-ripening period. Usually good levels of germination follow storage. Seed should be lightly covered as light is needed for germination. Good for direct seeding in pots (2-3 seeds per pot) and in the fields.

Cutting & Division Information

Can propagated by division of rhizomes.