Family: Poaceae
Panicum prolutum
Citation:
F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1855:46 (1855).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Coolah grass, rigid panic.
Description:
Glabrous perennial, with rigid stems 30-100 cm high; leaves glabrous, flat or inrolled; ligule oblong, glabrous, 3-5 mm long, torn at the summit.
Panicle 15-20 cm long, compound, loose and wide, the lower branches mostly whorled; lateral pedicels capillary, 4-8 mm long; spikelet 3-4 mm long, turning purple, acute, glabrous; first glume three-quarters of the length of the spikelet, obtuse, 5-nerved, second glume 7-9-nerved; first lemma equal to the second glume, not enclosing a palea, second (fertile) lemma smooth and shining.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 121.
Distribution:
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Usually grows near water.
All mainland States except the N.T.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Sept. — April.
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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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