Five-awned Spear Grass

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Pentapogon quadrifidus

Tufted, erect grass with stems to 60 cm tall. Inrolled leaves to 20 cm long. Flowerheads brownish. Each flower has five awns (bristles).

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Distinctive Features

Each flower has four small awns (bristles) around a longer central awn which twists in the lower 10 mm.

Biology

Annual or short-lived perennial.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Oct-Feb

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Pentapogon
Species
quadrifidus

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

A variable grass mostly confined to lowland heaths and woodlands.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native