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Taxon:  Triraphis mollis R. Br.



Summary
Genus:
Triraphis
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Triraphideae
Nomen number:
40507
Place of publication:
Prodr. 185. 1810
Verified:
06/13/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  2. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. Flora of Victoria. 1993-
  3. Harden, G. J., ed. Flora of New South Wales. 1990-1993
  4. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  5. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  6. Jessop, J. P. & H. R. Toelken, eds. Flora of South Australia, ed. 4. 1986
  7. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Common names
English
feathertop grass –
purple plume grass –
purple-needlegrass –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Naturalized
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40507. Accessed 21 July 2025.


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