Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 54 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Canary-grass.

Description:
Glabrous annual, to 50 cm high, with erect or geniculate culms.

Panicle ovoid or ovoid-oblong, dense, 1.5-4 cm long; spikelets 7-8 mm long; glumes with a winged keel, prominently 3-nerved, with broad membranous margins; sterile lemmas equal, half as long as the floret; fertile lemma hairy.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL.   W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to the Mediterranean. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — Dec.

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

Biology: No text

Uses: Grown for bird-seed and occasionally becoming naturalised.

Author: Not yet available