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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
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