Family Index

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Scientific Name

Pentapogon quadrifidus

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Lesser Five-awned Speargrass

Status

Height

10-20cm

Flowers

Flowerhead up to 5cm long (20cm var. quadrifidus), and contain fewer, smaller spikelets.

Fruit

Grains

Form

Similar to Pentapogon quadrifidus var. quadrifidus, but usually shorter.

Municipalities

Burnie; Central Highlands; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; West Coast

Communities

Habitat Notes

Tasmanian endemic. Sedge and grasslands, heath, rock crevices, boulder slopes and stream banks. From sea level on the East Coast and in the South West, to 1200m altitude in the Central Highlands and Mt. Wellington.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed without treatment. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes