Adamson's Blown Grass

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Adamson's Blown Grass - The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries/AJ Brown | Adamson's Blown Grass - The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries/AJ Brown | Adamson's Blown Grass - The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries/AJ Brown

Lachnagrostis adamsonii

This plant can be a tuft to 70 cm consisting of one flowering stalk with a few leaf blades, or a tussock with over 50 flowering stalks. The seedheads become brittle, break off and blow away in the wind. The inflorescence is an open panicle to 25 cm long.

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Former Scientific Name
Agrostis adamsonii
Distinctive Features

Distinguished by smaller flowerheads with seeds with short straight bristle or awn only slightly protruding.
Biology

Annual or perennial. An array of similar species from the basalt plains exist which require further examination. Seeds dispersed by wind.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Nov
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Lachnagrostis
Species
adamsonii

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

A rare species with a restricted habitat, with many risks to habitat preservation. Assumed endemic to Vic and classified as endangered.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Similar to Agrostis billardierei var. filifolia which grows on swampy volcanic soils.
Native Status
Native