Streaked Arrow-grass

Scientific Name:	Triglochin striata	Streaked Arrow-grass - plant Photo: A J Brown
Status:	Native to Australia, New Zealand, the Americas and South Africa.
Plant Description:	Perennial, Rush-like plant, green or brownish in colour, with soft rhizomes and leaves forming tufts along the rhizomes. Leaves are 10-20 cm long, narrow cylindrical and hairless. Numerous (20-200) small (1.5-3 mm diameter), round, green, fruits on a central stem which varies in height from 3-30 cm.
Further Details:	Perennial. Leaves and stems grow from stolons (stems along or below ground). Individual flowers have short stalks. The fruit are about 3 mm by 2 mm.
Habitat:	Loams, clay loams and clay. Rarely on sandy soils. Frequently found in salt marshes and coastal areas. Also found in wet open areas throughout Southern Victoria. Does not appear to grow in the Mallee or in the Alps. Prefers damp, water-logged situations, usually in the margins of ponds and lagoons.
Comments:	Other species of Arrow-grass can sometimes be found in saline environments but most are distinctively different to Streaked Arrow-grass.

Streaked Arrow-grass flowers

Streaked Arrow-grass - plant
Ex Matters & Bozon