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Amphipogon strictus R.Br. var. strictus Family Poaceae
Common name: Greybeard Grass

Amphipogon strictus var. strictus R.Br. APNI*

Description: Perennial to 0.4 m high, erect or very slightly geniculate, the culms arising singly at close intervals from a contracted horizontal rhizome; culms slender, leafy near the base, c. 3-noded above, very slightly striate, smooth or almost so, sometimes minutely flecked with purple.

Leaves with sheath close around the culms, smooth or almost so, usually glabrous, often purplish; ligule ciliate; blade rigid, somewhat pungent-pointed, stiffly infolded into the middle, c. 1 mm wide.

Panicle spike-like, rather dense, 1–2 cm long. Spikelets often rather dark-coloured, c. 8–12 mm long. Glumes entire, usually acute, chaffy. Lemma lobes more than twice as long as the body. Palea almost as long as the lemma, smooth.


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Flowering: after fire.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows on swamp margins or damp places on rocky hillsides or ridges.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
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The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW.

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.

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