Tripogonella loliiformis

Five Minute Grass, Rye Beetle-Grass at Majura, ACT

Tripogonella loliiformis at Majura, ACT - 22 Apr 2020
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Tripogonella loliiformis 22 Apr 2020 michaelb
Tripogonella loliiformis 22 Apr 2020 RWPurdie

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5 comments

waltraud wrote:
   23 Aug 2021
Is the red colour natural?
Mike wrote:
   23 Aug 2021
The Species page calls this Rye Beetle-grass but the images show as Five Minute grass. A small discrepancy because both are common names.
RWPurdie wrote:
   23 Aug 2021
Yes, the red colour is natural, but the stems only seem to change to this colour (from green) under exceptionally good conditions. When I've seen the species in previous years on Black Mountain (and elsewhere) the plants have been much smaller, the inflorescence stems much much shorter, and no sign of the red colour.
michaelb wrote:
   24 Aug 2021
It has always been Five Minute Grass for CNM. plantnet.rbgsyd has it as Five Minute Grass, so corrected to same.
waltraud wrote:
   24 Aug 2021
The ACT Census of vascular plants has Five Minute Grass as the common name for this species.
Many thanks for all the information.

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  • 22 Apr 2020 04:02 PM Recorded on
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  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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