Citation: Moench, Merle. 201 (1794).

Synonymy: Cynosurus aureus L., Sp. Pl. 73 (1753).

Common name: Golden-top, comb grass.

Description:
Small glabrous annual, with flat leaf blades and long glabrous ligules.

Panicle unilateral, 3-4 cm long, compact, ovate-oblong, finally golden, the fertile spikelets hidden, except for their awns, by the numerous barren ones; glumes 3-4 mm long; lemma c. 2.5 mm long, pubescent near the tip, the awn c. 6 mm long, the upper stalked empty lemma with a much shorter awn.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1970) Australian grasses 3:pl. 42; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 112.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, SL.   All States except the N.T.   Native to the Mediterranean. Weed of disturbed areas. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

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

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