Tickgrass
Tragus australianus
Family Poaceae
Endangered — VIC: Endangered
About
Tragus australianus, common names Burr grass, Small burrgrass, and Tickgrass, is a summer ephemeral grass, first described by Stanley Thatcher Blake in 1941. It flowers in response to rain. Its native range is mainland Australia, where it is found in arid and semi-arid areas.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Point Nepean National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, 2006) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Point Nepean National Park — Melbourne, the Dandenongs & Central Victoria hikes