Plants of
South Australia
Lachnagrostis filiformis
Poaceae
Fairy Grass,
Common Blown-grass
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 9

Prior names

Agrostis avenacea var. avenacea

Calamagrostis filiformis var. filiformis, nom.illeg.

Deyeuxia forsteri

Agrostis solandri

Agrostis filiformis

Avena filiformis

Agrostis forsteri, nom.illeg.

Common names

Fairy Grass

Common Blown-grass

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
BGA21,000 (2.38 g)303-Jan-2007RJB70795
Murray
1-Aug-200795%-18°C
BGA16,940 (3.22 g)517-Dec-2006RJB70623
Murray
1-Aug-200785%-18°C
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.