Feather Spear-grass: Seed Head

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Other Small Plants

Order:

Grasses & Sedges (Poales)

Family:

Grass (Poaceae)

Species:

Feather Spear-grass (Austrostipa elegantissima)

This Photo:

Seed Head

Thank you Darren Schmitke for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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