Common Name: Brush Wire-grass
Botanical Name: Aristida behriana
Family: GRAMINEAE
Description:
Low perennial grass, 20-40 cm high. Summer active. Bright green. Mainly in spring, but may occur throughout year. Seed heads are held among the leaves and are often purple before opening out to white, fluffy, bottlebrush-like structures. Seeds have a 3-pronged awn. Spring and summer.
Low perennial grass, 20-40 cm high. Summer active. Bright green. Mainly in spring, but may occur throughout year. Seed heads are held among the leaves and are often purple before opening out to white, fluffy, bottlebrush-like structures. Seeds have a 3-pronged awn. Spring and summer.
Natural Distribution:
Common to woodlands and grasslands in most mainland agricultural districts of SA (not in the Kangaroo Island or South-Eastern regions). Also occurs in NSW and Vic.
Common to woodlands and grasslands in most mainland agricultural districts of SA (not in the Kangaroo Island or South-Eastern regions). Also occurs in NSW and Vic.
Notes:
Found in most grazed native pastures, especially where there has been bare ground. It can cause contamination in wool because of the sharp awns. Recorded as endangered on Eyre Peninsula, rare in Murray and Yorke Peninsula and uncommon in the Southern Lofty region.
Found in most grazed native pastures, especially where there has been bare ground. It can cause contamination in wool because of the sharp awns. Recorded as endangered on Eyre Peninsula, rare in Murray and Yorke Peninsula and uncommon in the Southern Lofty region.
