Austrostipa S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett

Lemma variously hairy. Culms not branched at the nodes

Awn hairy with ± spreading white hairs up to 2 mm long, especially towards the base

Hairs on the awn less than 1 mm long

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Glumes glabrous except on the nerves. Lemma 9–12 mm long; awn with 2 bends, 7–11 mm long; the column of the awn 3–4 cm long. Panicle up to 30 cm long. Tufted perennials up to 1.5 m high. Leaf blade 1–7 mm wide, flat to inrolled. Berrima district. DSF and heath. Poor, often sandy soils. Fl. spring–summer Austrostipa semibarbata

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Glumes hairy. Lemma 5–7 mm long; awn with 2 bends, 3–5 cm long; the column of the awn 13–20 mm long. Tufted perennial up to c. 1.5 m high. Leaf blades up to 5 mm wide, ± rolled. The Oaks. Open forests on poor soils. Fl. spring–summer Austrostipa densiflora