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Warrego Summer-grass

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Scientific Name:Paspalidium jubiflorum
Warrego Summer-grass tussock
Warrego Summer-grass tussock
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to all mainland states of Australia.

Plant Description:
Tufted, perennial grass with rhizomes and/or stolons and growing to 90 cm tall. Leaves are hairless, slightly rough, to 20 cm long and 9 mm wide. Flower-head is a panicle 12-35 cm long with branches 1-4 cm long, loosely appressed to the main axis. Spikelets are 2.4-3.2 mm long and contain a male or barren lower floret and a bisexual upper floret.

Habitat:
Largely confined to alluvial clay flats along the Murray and Loddon Rivers and associated lake and stream systems. Indicative of freshwater habitat.
RegionSalinity ClassWaterlogging Class
Western, GippslandS0W2, W3

      Warrego Summer-grass photos

      Warrego Summer-grass leaf
      Warrego Summer-grass leaf
      Photo: A J Brown
      Leaf and stem junction (back view) of Warrego Summer-grass
      Leaf and stem junction (back view) of Warrego Summer-grass
      Photo: A J Brown

      Flower-head of Warrego Summer-grass showing appressed branches
      Flower-head of Warrego Summer-grass
      Photo: A J Brown

      Spikelets of Warrego Summer-grass
      Spikelets of Warrego Summer-grass
      Photo: A J Brown

      Mature and falling spikelets of Warrego Summer-grass
      Mature and falling spikelets of Warrego Summer-grass
      Photo: A J Brown

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