Citation: Chiov., Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1923:113 (1923).

Synonymy: Phalaris setacea Forsskål, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 17 (1775); Permisetum alopecuroides sensu Jessop in J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 228 (1978), non (L.) Sprengel.

Common name: Fountain grass.

Description:
Tufted perennial, to 1 m high; leaf blades long and narrow, scabrid.

Panicle cylindrical, 8-15 cm long, purplish; spikelets shortly pedicellate, 7-8 mm long, subtended by softly scabrid hair-like bristles mostly 1-2 cm long but up to 3-4 cm; first glume narrow, shorter than the spikelet, second glume lanceolate; first lemma equal to the second glume; second (fertile) lemma thin and membranous.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 129.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.   Native to the Mediterranean. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Jan., and April — June.

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

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