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Deyeuxia quadriseta

Erect sparsely tufted perennial to 150 cm tall, few-stemmed. Dense long narrow pale green seedhead 20 cm long. Leaf sheaths are finely ribbed, with flat or loosely inrolled leaf blades up to 30 cm long by 7 cm wide that are generally rough to the touch.

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Former Scientific Name
Calamagrostis quadriseta
Distinctive Features

Dense fluffy characteristic seedhead, and prominently ribbed leaf blades with a rough leaf margin.
Biology

Perennial. Cool-season perennial. Variable species found on well drained soils from sealevel to the alpine zone. Frost and drought-tolerant. Also occurs in NZ.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-May
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Deyeuxia
Species
quadriseta

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Suitable in cultivation, frost and drought-tolerant. After Nicolas Deyeux (1753-1837), pharmacist to Napoleon.

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Native Status
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