Family: Poaceae
Holcus lanatus
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 1048 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Yorkshire fog.
Description:
Erect to 1 m, softly villous perennial; leaves flat, soft, with a truncate torn ligule; panicle 8-15 cm long, 2-3 cm broad, ovoid-oblong, pubescent, varying from light-pink to violet.
Spikelets crowded; glumes 4-5 mm long, boat-shaped, downy, enclosing the flowers, the second obtuse, mucronate; lemmas rather smaller, the male one with a short dorsal awn.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 110; Burbidge (1968) Australian grasses 2:pl. 25.
Distribution:
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Occurs in wet localities in settled districts.
S.Aust.: GT, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE. All States except the N.T. Native to the temperate areas of Europe, Asia and North Africa.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: can occur throughout the year, but usually Aug. — Dec.
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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:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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