Dichelachne hirtella

1 Plume Grass at Kambah, ACT

Dichelachne hirtella at Kambah, ACT - 15 Dec 2024 12:48 PM
Dichelachne hirtella at Kambah, ACT - 15 Dec 2024 12:48 PM
Dichelachne hirtella at Kambah, ACT - 15 Dec 2024 12:48 PM
Dichelachne hirtella at Kambah, ACT - 15 Dec 2024 12:48 PM
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Identification history

Dichelachne hirtella 15 Dec 2024 Tapirlord
Dichelachne hirtella 15 Dec 2024 MattM

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Tall tussock grass with contracted inflorescence, branching visible. Body of lemma mostly 6-6.1 mm, awn to 23 mm. Column of awn twisted. Lower third of culm with short, fine hairs. Image 3 has a comparison of Dichelachne micrantha (left), dense inflorescence, branching not visible, and Dichelachne hirtella (right), branching visible, awn twisted, glumes more obvious such that inflorescence looks more papery.

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Tapirlord wrote:
   15 Dec 2024
Seems to be a fairly common grass in the high country

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Additional information

  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

  • Dichelachne hirtella Scientific name
  • Plume Grass Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 833.79m to 1647.1m Recorded at altitude

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