Citation: Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1:31 (1788).

Synonymy: A. alba sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 69 (1922), non L.

Common name: Red-top bent, (creeping) bent-grass.

Description:
Rhizomatous mainly glabrous perennial, usually under 1 m high; leaf blades flat, scabrous, 2-5 mm broad; ligule oblong, 5-6 mm long.

Panicle 5-20 cm long, oblong, lobed, loose during flowering; spikelets c. 2 mm long; glumes lanceolate, acute, toothed on the keel above; lemmas a quarter shorter than the glumes, truncate, glabrous, 4-nerved and minutely 4-toothed, awnless or rarely minutely awned; palea half as long; no beard or bristle on the callus or a very short beard.

Distribution:  Grows near water. S.Aust.: NL, SL, SE.   All States except the N.T.   Native to the Northern Hemisphere. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Jan. (2 records).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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