Citation: Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1:148 (1843).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Slender erect annual usually 10-30 cm high; sheaths scabrid; panicle 2-10 cm long, loose, broadly ovoid, branches very much longer than the spikelets.

Pedicels up to twice as long as the spikelets, abruptly thickened at the apex; spikelets 2.5-3 mm long; glumes about one-half longer than to twice as long as the lemmas, serrate on the keel, denticulate towards the apex, 1-3-veined, acuminate and often mucronate; lower lemma often not awned; lemmas serrate, scabrid towards the apex.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1970) Australian grasses 3:pl. 11; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 52.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to Europe and Asia. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — Dec.

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

Biology: No text

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