Sporobolus virginicus | Wilsons Promontory Virtual Herbarium

Common name:

Salt Couch

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Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):

?Wimmera, Wannon, Grampians, Victorian Volcanic Plain, Otway Plain, Otway Range, Gippsland Plain, East Gippsland (CDEJKNPTWXZ) all States

Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):

Coast, on sand dunes¹

Flower description:

Flowers without petals and surrounded by a scale/bract¹

Habit:

Rhizomatous perennial grass with culms to 25 cm high¹

Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):

The inflorescence is narrow, the upper glume is equal in length to the spikelet and the leaf sheaths are longer than the internodes¹

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Conservation status:

Not threatened

References:

¹ Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria