Streaked Arrow-Grass

Streaked Arrow-Grass photos

Family: Water-ribbon (Juncaginaceae)

Scientific Name:

Triglochin striata

Streaked Arrow-grass - plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to Australia, New Zealand, the Americas and South Africa.

Plant Description:

Perennial, Rush-like plant, green or brownish in colour, with soft rhizomes and leaves forming tufts along the rhizomes. Leaves are 10-20 cm long, narrow cylindrical and hairless. Numerous (20-200) small (1.5-3 mm diameter), round, green, fruits on a central stem which varies in height from 3-30 cm.

Perennial. Leaves and stems grow from stolons (stems along or below ground). Individual flowers have short stalks. The fruit are about 3 mm by 2 mm.

Habitat:

Loams, clay loams and clay. Rarely on sandy soils. Frequently found in salt marshes and coastal areas. Also found in wet open areas throughout Southern Victoria. Does not appear to grow in the Mallee or in the Alps. Prefers damp, water-logged situations, usually in the margins of ponds and lagoons.

Region	Salinity Class	Waterlogging Class
Central and Northern, Wimmera	S2, S3	W2, W3
Western, Gippsland	S2, S3, S4	W2, W3

Comments:

Other species of Arrow-grass can sometimes be found in saline environments but most are distinctively different to Streaked Arrow-grass.

Streaked Arrow-grass Photos

Streaked Arrow-grass flowers

Streaked Arrow-grass - plant
Ex Matters & Bozon

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