Cortaderia selloana
Pampas Grass at Acton, ACT
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| Cortaderia selloana | MichaelMulvaney | 11 Mar 2019 | |
| Cortaderia selloana | RWPurdie | 10 Mar 2019 |
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User's notes
Herbarium specimen collected (RWP11454). Determination based on presence of numerous male flowers in inflorescence and leaves with midrib channelled on upper surface as shown in third photo where the leaf base wraps around the stem (see also http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&showsyn=&dist=&constat=&lvl=gn&name=Cortaderia).
3 comments
11 Mar 2019
How obvious are the channels in the midrib? My sighting Unidentified on 10 Mar 2019 shows pink inflorescence which from a distance could be either C. selloana or C. jubata. Once I hack my way through to the clump I would like to be sure how to distinguish the species.
11 Mar 2019
I've added a third photo showing the upper surface of the leaf close to where it wraps around the stem where the channelling is really obvious; it's not as evident on the more distant parts of the leaf.
11 Mar 2019
Thanks Rosemary. It's just the language: I would have said depressed rather than channelled. I went balloon watching today so visited this spot on Black Mountain Peninsula at the end of the balloon chasing. Now I know what to look for, though I would also like to see C. jubata (not the one I put on CNM).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101417-35.289111
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Mar 2019 12:00 AM Recorded on
- RWPurdie Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Cortaderia selloana Scientific name
- Pampas Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 1064.66m Recorded at altitude
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