Austrostipa crinita (Gaudich.)
S.W.L.Jacobs & J.Everett. Telopea 6: 585 (1996).
Classification. (GPWG 2001) : Subfamily Pooideae. Tribe Stipeae.
Basionym and/or
Replacement Name: Stipa crinita R.Br.,
Prodr. 175 (1810).
Type of Basionym or
Protologue Information: HT: Labillardiere s.n., Australia: Western
Autralia: Shark Bay (P; IT: G, FI-W).
Key references
(books and floras): [1952] C.A.Gardner, Flora of Western Australia 1
Gramineae (182 as Stipa), [2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass,
Grasses of Australia, [2009] A.Wilson (ed.). Flora of Australia, Vol
44A. Poaceae 2 (30).
Illustrations:
[2002] D.Sharp & B.K.Simon, AusGrass, Grasses of Australiia, [2009].
A.Wilson (ed.), Flora of Australia 44A: Poaceae 2 (31, Fig 4).
Derivation: L.
with long hair. Hairy as of leaf-blades or awns invested in long weak hairs.
Habit. Perennial.
Rhizomes present, short. Culms 50–100 cm tall. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface
or hairy. Ligule a fringed membrane, a ciliate membrane, 0.5–2 mm long.
Leaf-blades filiform, flat or involute, 1–4 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface
glabrous or indumented.
Inflorescence.
Inflorescence compound, a panicle. Panicle linear, 15–30 cm long.
Spikelets.
Spikelets pedicelled. Fertile spikelets 1-flowered, comprising 1 fertile
floret(s), without rachilla extension, lanceolate, terete, 12 mm long.
Glumes. Glumes
similar, thinner than fertile lemma, shiny. Lower glume lanceolate, membranous,
much thinner above, without keels, 3 -nerved. Upper glume lanceolate, 7.5–12 mm
long, membranous, without keels, 5 -nerved.
Florets.
Fertile lemma 5 mm long, without keel. Lemma surface indumented. Lemma apex
entire, awned, 1 -awned. Median (principal) awn 23–40 mm long overall, with a
twisted column. Column 7–12 mm long. Palea without keels.
Continental
Distribution: Australasia.
Australian
Distribution: Western Australia.
Western Australia:
Canning, Carnarvon. Irwin.
Notes. The apical
coma-like lemma hairs conceal the lemma/awn junction.
Islands and coast around the
Shark Bay area of Western Australia.
