Aristida ramosa
Purple Wire Grass at Mount Majura
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| Aristida (genus) | Grassman | 10 Dec 2023 | |
| Aristida ramosa | MichaelMulvaney | 12 Feb 2022 | |
| Aristida (genus) | abread111 | 12 Feb 2022 |
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awn 3-branched
5 comments
10 Dec 2023
Branches and spikelets too widely spreading to be ramosa. This is closer to vagans or personata
10 Dec 2023
Sweet, I’ll add this to my review list. Only concern I have I that the species suggested have yet to be recorded from the territory.
11 Dec 2023
Aristida vagans has been on the Mt Majura flora list since 2006 - compiled from Ingwerson F, Evans O, Griffiths B (1974) Vegetation of the Ainslie-Majura Reserve. Conservation Series No 2. AGPS Canberra.
However it does not appear in the 2019 Census of ACT plants.
ALA has old records from Black Mountain and quite recent ones from Queanbeyan, and one from the Hume area in the ACT.
However it does not appear in the 2019 Census of ACT plants.
ALA has old records from Black Mountain and quite recent ones from Queanbeyan, and one from the Hume area in the ACT.
11 Dec 2023
Since Grassman thinks it could be something interesting, I will endeavour to look in the vicinity of this sighting this summer and see what I can find.
Location information
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2022 03:28 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Yes In flower
Collections
- CNM plants to resolve. abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Aristida ramosa Grasses Plants
Species information
- Aristida ramosa Scientific name
- Purple Wire Grass Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 843m Recorded at altitude
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