Family: Poaceae
Cenchrus ciliaris
Citation:
L., Mant. Alt. 302 (1771).
Synonymy: Pennisetum ciliare (L.)Link, Hort. bot. Berol. 1:213 (1827).
, Pennisetum cenchroides Common name: Buffel grass, black buffel grass.
Description:
Perennial; culms ascending from a branched geniculate and often decumbent base, 30-40 cm high; leaf blades linear, tapering to a fine point, usually flat, 3-6 mm broad; ligule a ciliate rim.
Panicles dense, spike-like, cylindrical, 2-5 cm long, purplish or rarely pallid; bristles not spiny, in 2 series, the outer fine and scabrid (the projections pointing upwards), the inner dilated, thickened and more or less united at the base, plumose-ciliate towards the base; spikelets 1-3 in each involucre, 4-5 mm long.
Published illustration:
Gardner (1952) Flora of Western Australia 1:pl. 82A-B; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 72.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, SE. All mainland States. Native to the Canary Islands, Africa, Asia and Madagascar.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: in all months.
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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:
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