Eragrostis (genus)
A Lovegrass at Wamboin, NSW
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| Eragrostis (genus) | MattM | 5 Jan 2025 | |
| Eragrostis leptostachya | Grassman | 16 Apr 2023 | |
| Eragrostis cilianensis | natureguy | 9 May 2020 | |
| Unverified | natureguy | 23 Apr 2020 |
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8 comments
9 May 2020
I have suggested a grass species to draw this sighting to the attention of the moderators (previously "Unidentified Plant").
9 May 2020
Hi Luke
It doesn't look like Eragrostis cilianensis. But I don't know what it is, so I left it in the hope that someone else might know.
It doesn't look like Eragrostis cilianensis. But I don't know what it is, so I left it in the hope that someone else might know.
16 Apr 2023
This is a hard one, as it appears to be a very sick and spindly plant that looks like it has grown horizontal and then sent up vertical shoots. Also only 1 flowerhead has fully emerged. Although it looks like an annual, it could also be a very young perennial which is flowering due to stress. I'd suggest Eragrostis leptostachya. Main reasons for this ID, are the yellow glands below the spikelets, short scattered hairs at the sheath orifice and widely-angled (in the only flowerhead fully emerged) leaden-green spikelets. Spikelets appear the to align with the length (3-8 mm long) and no of florets (4-12) of E. leptostachya
16 Apr 2023
Thanks, I collected a specimen that was put into the herbarium so perhaps they will have a conclusive ID.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.273213-35.254904
- Places Wamboin, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 30 Mar 2020 09:15 PM Recorded on
- natureguy Recorded by
- Yes In flower
- Less than 10cm Plant height
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Species information
- Eragrostis (genus) Scientific name
- A Lovegrass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 635.7m Recorded at altitude
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