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Scientific Name

Dichelachne rara

Family Name

POACEAE (GRAMINEAE)

Common Name

Common Plume-grass

Status

Height

90cm

Flowers

Flowerheads range from 6cm long with few flowers, to dense, 25cm long flowerheads.

Fruit

Grains

Form

Highly variable, tufted perennial grass.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Clarence; Derwent Valley; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Huon Valley; Kentish; King Island; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Sorell; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Usually in dry situations on heath margins or under light forest cover, from sea level to 870m altitude.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Grown from seed or by division. Seed germinates quickly and has good viability. 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

When mature, the seedheads become wiry or bristly, and seed releases easily. Collect by running hands upwards along seedhead, or cut whole seedhead with secateurs and extract seed later.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Several years

Viable Seeds Per Gram

650

Seed Treatment Notes

No after-ripening requirement.

Germination Time

2-5 weeks

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.

Yes

Cutting Notes