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

Lemma glabrous or with a few scattered white hairs. Inflorescence branches whorled. Culms branching freely at the nodes

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Lemma glabrous, dark coloured, c. 2 mm long; awn c. 3 cm long, strongly bent once. Panicle mostly c. 50 cm long, with whorled branches. Tufted perennial 1–2 m high. Leaf blades up to 10 mm wide. Widespread. Wet places. Fl. spring–summer. Stout Bamboo Grass Austrostipa ramosissima

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Lemma with scattered fine white hairs, 2.5–4 mm long, pale coloured but darkening with maturity; awn 3–5 cm long, with 1 or 2 weak bends. Similar to S. ramosissima. Widespread. Slender Bamboo Grass Austrostipa verticillata