Family: Poaceae
Eriachne ovata
Citation:
Nees, London J. Bot. 2:416 (1843).
Synonymy: Eriachne benthamii, Eriachne ovata Common name: Swamp wanderrie.
Description:
Stout often bluish-grey perennial, 40-90 cm high, forming dense tussocks to 30 cm wide; leaves long, erect, flat or subulate, mostly glabrous, sometimes pilose at the orifice of the sheath.
Panicle contracted, 5-15 cm long, the erect branches 2-4 cm long; spikelets numerous, 7-9.5 mm long, with 2 florets; glumes but recognised as a distinct and monotypic genus by S. T. Blake (1972) Contrib. Qld Herb. 14:3-4
Published illustration:
Lazarides (1970) The grasses of Central Australia, pl. 47a.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: No flowering time is available |
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:
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