Citation: P. Beauv., Agrost. 51 (1812).

Synonymy: Panicum italicurn L., Sp. Pl. 56 (1753). , Panicum italicum

Common name: Foxtail millet, Italian millet.

Description:
Annuals, 60-200 cm high, with geniculate stems; leaf sheaths somewhat keeled, blade flat, largely glabrous, 6-20 mm broad, ligule ciliate.

Panicle cylindrical, spike-like, interrupted or lobed, the branches mostly verticillate; spikelets oblong-ellipsoid to globose, 2-2.5 mm long; bristles several to each spikelet, with erect teeth; first glume hyaline, l-3-nerved, rather less than half the length of the spikelet, second glume elliptic, 5-7-nerved, nearly three-quarters of the length of the spikelet; first lemma similar to the second glume, second (fertile) lemma smooth or very obscurely wrinkled, falling as a false fruit together with the palea and grain leaving the glumes and the first lemma behind.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, GT, FR, EA, NL, MU, YP, SL, SE. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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

Biology: No text

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