Family: Poaceae
Deyeuxia quadriseta
Citation:
Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:581 (1878).
Synonymy: Avena quadriseta Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:25 (1805); Agrostis quadriseta (Labill.) R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 171 (1810); Calamagrostis quadriseta (Labill.) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1:253 (1824).
Common name: Reed bent-grass.
Description:
Glabrous perennial, with rigid stems to 1 m high; nodes glabrous; leaves stiff, flat or finally inrolled; ligule long, truncate, glabrous.
Panicle dense and cylindrical, sometimes slightly lobed, 5-15 cm long; glumes narrow, acute, subequal 4.5-5 mm long, the lower one slightly longer; lemma shorter, usually minutely scabrous, 4-nerved and with 4 teeth, of which 2 are often longer; awn almost basal, c. 5.5 mm long, shortly exserted beyond the glumes; tufts about half as long as the lemma; bristle wanting.
Published illustration:
Burbidge (1970) Australian grasses 3:pl. 45.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: FR, EP, MU, SL, KI, SE. All States except the N.T. and Qld.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Oct. — May.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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